August 8, 2024 at 12:21PM
Kimsuky, a North Korea-linked threat actor, has been identified in new cyber attacks targeting university staff for intelligence gathering. The attacks involve spear-phishing campaigns and use of a web shell to capture credentials and stage phishing pages. To combat this, users are advised to enable multi-factor authentication and scrutinize URLs before logging in.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– Kimsuky, a North Korea-linked threat actor, has launched a new set of cyber attacks targeting university staff, researchers, and professors.
– The attacks involve leveraging spear-phishing campaigns and the use of compromised hosts as staging infrastructure.
– Kimsuky’s tactics include using the Green Dinosaur web shell, deploying pre-built phishing pages, and employing a custom PHPMailer tool called SendMail.
– Recommendations to combat this threat include enabling phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) and scrutinizing URLs before logging in.
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