A Study on North Korea's Cyber Attacks and Countermeasures

Chung, Min Kyung; Lim, Jong In; Kwon, Hun Yeong

doi:10.9716/kits.2016.15.1.067

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“…North Korea's cyber-attack method has evolved from an attack method using viruses and hacking to a DDoS attack and an advanced persistent threat attack method [16]. The North Korean cyber attacker group continues to operate through spear phishing, camouflage tactics, and supply chain attacks that use social engineering techniques to create political and social chaos.…”

Section: Mitre Attandck Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes of Cyber Hacking Attack Aspect of North Korea Cyber-Attack Groups Applying MITRE ATT&CK

Ahn¹,

Lee²,

Park³

2021

ReBICTE

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In the process of preparing cyber security and space security enhancement plans worldwide, cyber attackssuch as North Korean cyber attacker groups Thallium, Kimsuky, Geumseong 121, and Lazarushave developed into advanced levels and continue to threaten cyber security and space security. TheNorth Korean cyber attack team has been strengthening cyber attacks by using social engineeringtechniques through political and social issues for unspecified numbers of people using detailed attackstages, procedures, technologies and tools using cyber kill chain technology, starting with APTattacks in the past. In this paper, we use the enemy cyber threat analysis data to analyze the correlationbetween North Korean cyber attack groups by applying MITRE’s ATT&CK, and estimate thesource of attack origin such as open vulnerability, malicious code information, attack group cyberattack characteristics, and attack cases. Through this, we propose Aspect change in cyber hackingattacks by North Korean cyber attack groups based on ATT&CK.

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Section: Mitre Attandck Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes of Cyber Hacking Attack Aspect of North Korea Cyber-Attack Groups Applying MITRE ATT&CK

Ahn¹,

Lee²,

Park³

2021

ReBICTE

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“…The Kim regime used nationalist sentiment to counter the deprivations arising from sanctions, and mitigated some of the economic costs through substitution and circumvention. It also developed significant capacity to launch cyberattacks both to raise money and to score political points (Papain, 2011;Chung et al, 2016;Osawa, 2017; 2017) 825 (1993), 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) , 2270 (2016), 2321 (2016), 2356 (2017), 2371 (2017), 2375 (2017), 2397 (2017), 2407 (2018) Iran Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations ("ITSR"), 31 C.F.R. Part.560 12957 (15 March 1995), 12959 (6 May 1995), 13059 (17 August 1997) 1696 (2006), 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008), 1835 (2008), 1929 (2010), 1984 (2011), 2049 (2012) Siers, 2017).…”

Section: Violations Of Us Sanctionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The strange case ofUSv.ZTE: a prosecution, a ban, a fine and a presidential intervention

Sutherland

2019

DPRG

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the prosecution by US authorities of Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment (ZTE) Corporation for its violation of sanctions against the sale of systems to Iran and North Korea; the violation of the plea agreement; and, following presidential intervention, the imposition of a further fine and restructuring of its management. Design/methodology/approach An analysis of the materials used in court proceedings and speeches by officials in the case against ZTE Findings The US president intervened in a quasi-judicial matter in which a foreign firm had violated US sanctions that he had supported to lessen the penalties it faced. The firm had also violated its plea agreement. This personal intervention weakened enforcement of US sanctions on human rights and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). However, it revealed the excessive reliance of Chinese manufacturers on US-domiciled suppliers of semiconductors and software. Research limitations/implications Neither was access to Chinese documents possible nor would it have been practicable to interview managers at ZTE. Practical implications Enforcement of US sanctions on the sale of telecommunications equipment have now been moved from strict enforcement on matters of human rights and WMD into political, trade and even personal negotiations with the US president. Originality/value A first analysis of a telecommunications sanctions case.

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“…Analyzes cases of Republic of Korea's response and International response to North Korean cyber attacks and proposes countermeasure at a national level [3].…”

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NORTH KOREA’S CYBER ATTACK : Terror Cases and Cyber Capabilities and Current State of Affairs of North Korea’s Cyber Terror Force

Son¹,

Jo²

2016

J-Inst

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Republic of Korea is an IT powerhouse where smartphone use is universal and Koreans can enjoy fast internet anywhere in Korea. Such entrenchment of the smart phone in daily life has aided the country's democratic development such as advancing freedom of speech and human rights but the high dependence on information technology has also introduced new threats. One of these threats is none other than North Korea's cyber terrorism. So far, the most notable North Korean cyber terror attacks are 7.7 Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) Attack(2009), Nonghyup Bank Network Hack(2011), and JoongAng Daily Website Cyber Attack(2012). North Korea has conducted countless cyber terror attacks against Republic of Korea and the attacks were estimated to have caused over 1 trillion won of damage. Currently, North Korea is offering curriculum on cyber terrorism in academic institutions such as Kim

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A Study on North Korea's Cyber Attacks and Countermeasures

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Changes of Cyber Hacking Attack Aspect of North Korea Cyber-Attack Groups Applying MITRE ATT&CK

Changes of Cyber Hacking Attack Aspect of North Korea Cyber-Attack Groups Applying MITRE ATT&CK

The strange case ofUSv.ZTE: a prosecution, a ban, a fine and a presidential intervention

NORTH KOREA’S CYBER ATTACK : Terror Cases and Cyber Capabilities and Current State of Affairs of North Korea’s Cyber Terror Force

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