News North Korean hackers target Southeast Asia with ‘stealthy’ new malwareResearchers say APT37 threat group used phishing emails to deploy backdoors on victims’ devices, focusing on Cambodia North Korean cybercriminals are using a new malware to secretly gain control of victim’s computers in a “sophisticated and stealthy” campaign targeting Southeast Asian countries, a U.S. cybersecurity firm reported on Thursday. Securonix said in a report that the threat group APT37, also known as Scarcruft and Reaper, used phishing emails to deliver a custom backdoor granting attackers “full access” to the compromised machine. The backdoor, dubbed “VeilShell” by researchers, comes with a wide range of Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities including data extraction and task creation or manipulation, according to the report © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |