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Security Week, By Mike Lennon

The campaign, named “Kimsuky” by Kaspersky researchers, is extremely limited and highly targeted, and has only gone after 11 organizations in South Korea and two organizations in China.

Targets identified by Kaspersky include Sejong Institute (China), Korea Institute For Defense Analyses (KIDA), South Korea's Ministry of Unification, Hyundai Merchant Marine and The supporters of Korean Unification.

According to Kaspersky Lab, the first signs of the attacker’s activity date back to April 3 of this year, with the first samples of the Kimsuky Trojan (Trojan.Win32.Kimsuky) surfacing on May 5. Read more.

North Korea Suspected in Cyber-espionage Attacks Against South Korean Entities

North Korea Suspected in Cyber-espionage Attacks Against South Korean Entities
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