A sophisticated cyber group capitalized on a combination of five "zero-day" vulnerabilities to target persons inside North Korea and foreign individuals working on DPRK-related issues last year, a report issued by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said Thursday.
The report, which analyzed almost 40,000 warnings sent last year relating to government-backed phishing or malware attempts, drew particular attention to one actor as being responsible for some of the most sophisticated North Korea-related attacks.
A sophisticated cyber group capitalized on a combination of five "zero-day" vulnerabilities to target persons inside North Korea and foreign individuals working on DPRK-related issues last year, a report issued by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said Thursday.
The report, which analyzed almost 40,000 warnings sent last year relating to government-backed phishing or malware attempts, drew particular attention to one actor as being responsible for some of the most sophisticated North Korea-related attacks.
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