Nils Weisensee is Chief Product Officer at Korea Risk Group and covers cybersecurity for NK PRO. He previously founded information security firm Frontier Intelligence, served as head of operations at non-profit Choson Exchange, and was a reporter for DAPD and the Associated Press.
Attackers use access to spread malware and lure DPRK experts on social media
Antivirus apps failed to catch malware spread through DailyNK, showing security breaches are often hard to spot
Experts say North Korean malware spread to readers, contradicting DailyNK’s claim that public content was unaffected
Recurring connectivity issues end in broad disruption across North Korean internet servers
Cybersecurity firm links attack to North Korean group, with expert warning site still vulnerable to similar breaches
Cryptocurrency theft has become a lifeline for Pyongyang's broken economy that could quickly derail future negotiations
Novel malware shows DPRK-linked Kimsuky group aggressively adapts its techniques, researchers say
Sophisticated lures make it increasingly difficult to avoid a security breach, but experts say some habits still help
Researchers link attacks against South Korean aerospace and nuclear research sectors to DPRK, warn of further breaches
Think tank puts DPRK in bottom tier after blunt assessment of cyber capabilities, but security researchers disagree
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