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Quorum Cyber predicts major cyber threats for 2024
Last month
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Quorum Cyber's 2024 report forecasts AI weaponisation and intensified threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as major cybersecurity concerns.
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North Korea's illicit cryptocurrency theft fuels weapons program
Wed, 6th Dec 2023
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North Korea's state-sponsored cyberattacks are amassing billions in stolen cryptocurrency, funding up to half of the nation's missile program.
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Google Cloud unveils cybersecurity predictions for 2024 in new report
Wed, 22nd Nov 2023
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Google Cloud reveals cybersecurity predictions for 2024, highlighting the continued evolution of cyber threats.
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Ransomware acting within 24 hours of access now: Secureworks report
Fri, 6th Oct 2023
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Ransomware attacks are happening faster than ever, with threat actors achieving complete system compromise in less than 24 hours, according to Secureworks. .
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Mandiant details prolific North Korean cyber-espionage group
Wed, 29th Mar 2023
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Mandiant has assessed with high confidence that APT43 is a moderately-sophisticated cyber operator that supports the interests of the North Korean regime.
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Flashpoint: APAC companies must factor geopolitics in cyber strategies
Fri, 15th Mar 2019
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US-China-N.Korea tensions to shape APAC cyber threats.
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Deep dive: Research finds new links among North Korea’s malware families
Fri, 10th Aug 2018
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North Korean cyber attacks have left behind clues that allow researchers to connect the dots between them, according to researchers from McAfee and Intezer.
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Trump cancelling North Korea summit will have 'cyber-retaliation'
Mon, 28th May 2018
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Trump cancels key US-North Korea summit, stoking cyber threat concerns.
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Android malware used to target North Korean defectors
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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A malware called RedDawn used Google Play to apparently target North Korean defectors, according to security firm McAfee.
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North Korea's threat actors operating from other countries
Mon, 7th May 2018
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North Korea conducts malicious cyber operations from countries including India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nepal, Kenya, Mozambique, Indonesia, and China.
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State-sponsored North Korean cyberespionage group continues to weaponize tactics
Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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The North Korean threat group known to some as Reaper (APT37) is eyeing bigger targets with more sophisticated tactics.
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United States hot on heels of North Korea's Hidden Cobra malware
Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is honing in on the North Korean Government’s activities known as HIDDEN COBRA.
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Highly-targeted cyberattacks surround upcoming Winter Olympics
Tue, 9th Jan 2018
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McAfee released a report that revealed cybercriminals have targeted organisations involved in fast approaching Winter Olympics held in South Korea.
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Sony vs North Korea - everything you need to know
Fri, 9th Jan 2015
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The Sony cyber attack, involving Seth Rogen, North Korea, and President Obama, was one of the biggest scandals of last year.
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Foreigners denied Facebook and Twitter as North Korea orders blanket ban
Mon, 3rd Nov 2014
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facebook
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The blanket ban ends access to services previously available to diplomatic missions and international humanitarian organisations.
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Kim Jong Un’s spoof Google thank you note
Mon, 14th Jan 2013
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internet
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Kim Jong Un jokingly thanks Eric Schmidt post-visit in spoof note, poking fun at censorship and US-North Korea relations.
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Google urges North Korea to go online
Mon, 14th Jan 2013
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internet
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Google's Eric Schmidt warns North Korea faces economic decline if it ignores the internet, despite controversy over his visit.
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The 12 ‘enemies of the internet’
Mon, 12th Mar 2012
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Reporters Without Borders adds two countries to ‘worst offender’ list on fourth annual World Day Against Cyber Censorship.
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The divided peninsula
Thu, 1st Jul 2010
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The sinking in March of a South Korean warship, with the loss of 46 lives, caused a diplomatic storm and ranked up tensions in one of the world’s major hotspots.
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The Net's enemies named
Tue, 16th Mar 2010
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Australia is being monitored by an<br />organisation dedicated to freedom of information, because of its plans to<br />introduce compulsory Internet filtering.