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North Korea's Late 2017 Campaign Targeted South Korean Cryptocurrency Users
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-8291 | Ghostscript Type Confusion Flaw Enables Command Execution via Crafted EPS Files | 7.8 | 97% | KEVPoC ×2 | KEV |
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North Korean government actors, specifically Lazarus Group, continued to target South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges and users in late 2017, before Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech and subsequent North-South dialogue . This campaign also targeted South Korean college students interested in foreign affairs and part of a group called “Friends of MOFA” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
By JUAN ANDRES GUERRERO-SAADE AND PRISCILLA MORIUCHI · recordedfuture.com
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