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New-and-improved North Korean malware targets cryptocurrency traders
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New-and-improved North Korean malware targets cryptocurrency traders

Researchers identify spread of new AppleJeus variant alongside fake cryptocurrency website run by Pyongyang

New-and-improved North Korean malware targets cryptocurrency traders
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell December 6, 2022
North Korean military orders artillery fire toward sea in response to ROK drills

North Korean military orders artillery fire toward sea in response to ROK drills

Move comes day after DPRK fired some 130 artillery rounds off east and west coasts, breaching inter-Korean military deal

North Korean military orders artillery fire toward sea in response to ROK drills
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 6, 2022
Ex-security chief arrested over North Korea’s 2020 killing of ROK citizen

Ex-security chief arrested over North Korea’s 2020 killing of ROK citizen

Former president Moon slams arrest of Suh Hoon, calls former National Security Advisor asset to inter-Korean relations

Ex-security chief arrested over North Korea’s 2020 killing of ROK citizen
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 5, 2022
North Korea fires 130 artillery rounds, breaches border buffer zone: Seoul

North Korea fires 130 artillery rounds, breaches border buffer zone: Seoul

North Korea’s latest artillery tests coincides with start of five-day military exercises in South Korea

North Korea fires 130 artillery rounds, breaches border buffer zone: Seoul
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 5, 2022
Danger zone: Activists say they sent ‘Top Gun’ and other films into North Korea

Danger zone: Activists say they sent ‘Top Gun’ and other films into North Korea

Group aims to ‘empower’ the people but may have defied South Korean law against sending materials across border

Danger zone: Activists say they sent ‘Top Gun’ and other films into North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 5, 2022
More new smartphone designs appear in North Korea in sign of trade rebound

More new smartphone designs appear in North Korea in sign of trade rebound

State media footage also suggests Kim Yo Jong and other Kim family members use imported smartphone models

More new smartphone designs appear in North Korea in sign of trade rebound
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 5, 2022
North Korean spyware campaign more potent than previously thought: Researchers
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North Korean spyware campaign more potent than previously thought: Researchers

Bluelight backdoor paved the way for Dolphin malware to exfiltrate victims’ information through Google cloud services

North Korean spyware campaign more potent than previously thought: Researchers
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell December 2, 2022
US and allies slap new sanctions on North Koreans linked to weapons programs

US and allies slap new sanctions on North Koreans linked to weapons programs

Allies embrace ‘coordinated approach’ to DPRK sanctions after chronic Security Council inaction, expert says

US and allies slap new sanctions on North Koreans linked to weapons programs
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell December 2, 2022
North Korea slams Japan’s next-gen fighters as part of ‘re-invasion’ agenda

North Korea slams Japan’s next-gen fighters as part of ‘re-invasion’ agenda

Commentary condemns Japan’s increase in defense spending as move to realize ‘overseas expansion ambitions’

North Korea slams Japan’s next-gen fighters as part of ‘re-invasion’ agenda
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy December 2, 2022
US envoy to Seoul urges China and Russia to push North Korea to denuclearize

US envoy to Seoul urges China and Russia to push North Korea to denuclearize

Washington remains committed to ‘extended deterrence’ for South Korea and Japan, including use of nuclear weapons

US envoy to Seoul urges China and Russia to push North Korea to denuclearize
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Shreyas Reddy December 1, 2022