N. Korea’s Kimsuky Targeting South Korean Research Institutes with Backdoor Attacks

The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed targeting research institutes in South Korea as part of a spear-phishing campaign with the ultimate goal of distributing backdoors on compromised systems.
“The threat actor ultimately uses a backdoor to steal information and execute commands,” the AhnLab Security Emergency Response Center (ASEC) said in an