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North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Strike Again with Advanced Reconnaissance Malware

May 23, 2023

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The North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Kimsuky has been observed using a piece of custom malware called RandomQuery as part of a reconnaissance and information exfiltration operation.

“Lately, Kimsuky has been consistently distributing custom malware as part of reconnaissance campaigns to enable subsequent attacks,” SentinelOne researchers Aleksandar Milenkoski and Tom Hegel said in a report published today.

The ongoing targeted campaign, per the cybersecurity firm, is primarily geared towards information services as well as organizations supporting human rights activists and North Korean defectors.

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