'DarkHotel' APT Uses New Methods to Target Politicians

itman · Jul 19, 2017

I suspect this APT is highly successful. Politicians and government management would either disable or bypass if they could, existing device security measures since they feel it "gets in the way" of what they have to do.

The DarkHotel threat group has been using some new methods in attacks aimed at government employees with an interest in North Korea, according to a report published this week by security firm Bitdefender.

The activities of the DarkHotel advanced persistent threat (APT) actor came to light in November 2014, when Kaspersky published a report detailing a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting business travelers in the Asia-Pacific region. The group has been around for nearly a decade and some researchers believe its members are Korean speakers.

The attackers targeted their victims using several methods, including through their hotel’s Wi-Fi, zero-day exploits and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing websites. Nearly one year later, the threat group was observed using new attack techniques and an exploit leaked from Italian spyware maker Hacking Team.
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http://www.securityweek.com/darkhotel-apt-uses-new-methods-target-politicians

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