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US Government Finds New Malware From North Korea (engadget.com) 93

Posted by BeauHD from the new-kid-on-the-block dept.
Days after the historic North Korea-United States summit, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report on Thursday warning of a new variant of North Korean malware to look out for. Called Typeframe, the malware is able to download and install additional malware, proxies and trojans; modify firewalls; and connect to servers for additional instructions. Engadget reports: Since last May, the DHS has issued a slew of alerts and reports about North Korea's malicious cyber activity. The department also pointed out that North Korea has been hacking countries around the world since 2009. And of course, don't forget that the U.S. also labeled that country as the source of Wannacry cyberattack, which notably held data from the UK's National Health Service hostage, and wreaked havoc across Russia and Ukraine. CNN was first to report the news.
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  • The Source (Score:5, Insightful)

    by phantomfive ( 622387 ) on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:24AM (#56798824) Journal
    I want to point out that WannaCry was built on an exploit from the NSA (The ShadowBrokers leak). If the NSA had spent half as much time defending the internet as they do attacking it, then WannaCry never would have happened. Furthermore if admins had been up on their patches, they wouldn't have been hit by the attack. Finally, if admins had been doing proper backups, they wouldn't have needed to pay to get it unlocked.

    So there are multiple layers of fuckup in WannaCry.

    • Re:The Source (Score:5, Insightful)

      by iggymanz ( 596061 ) on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:26AM (#56798838)

      hilarious how the populace turns a blind eye to the government that sponsors the most terrorism, the most malware, the most regional destabilizing, the one that gives support to the world's cruelest dictators.....yes, that's the USA.

      • hilarious how the populace turns a blind eye to the government that sponsors the most terrorism, the most malware, the most regional destabilizing, the one that gives support to the world's cruelest dictators.....yes, that's the USA.

        Ssshh! America's rosy self-image must not be disturbed.

  • So? (Score:1)

    by mark-t ( 151149 )

    Saying that the malware is from NK does not mean that NK's government had anything to do with it.

    I'm sure that there have been more than a few instances of malware that started their life in the USA as well.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      Maybe. However most NK citizens don't have access to the internet, just the state intranet. Internet access requires special authorization.

      Sure someone could get authorization, or find a hole in the security and release the malware, but since access requires government authorization the most obvious explanation is that it came from the government (or government supported).

    • North Korea isn't the United States. Internet access isn't even available to private citizens. It used only for government purposes.

      Foreign guests such as diplomats are of course often granted access to use the North Korean internet to communicate with their home countries. Which falls under the "government purposes" category, because it's not done for the convenience of the foreigners.

      North Korea is also a place where merely disagreeing with Dear Leader will get you publicly executed. Nobody in NK is secre

  • Linux? iOS? Android? Solaris? BSD? give us a clue...

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      N.K. is targeting "Basic" in a massive TRS-80 botnet.

    • "This malware report contains analysis of 11 malware samples consisting of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executable files and a malicious Microsoft Word document that contains Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros."

      Note that all the samples are trojans, you have to run them to get infected. These aren't remote exploits. Also, fwiw there is no reason presented to believe they are from North Korea.
  • deserves a repost [slashdot.org]

    “The lengths the deep state will go to try and distract and disrupt the historic achievements of this president are truly amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a president so disrespected. The constant need to tear down everything he does is just, well, amazing.”

    I'm not a fan of Trump, but I do believe you're right that 'reports' such as the above and other such activities, are part of a strategy by the deep state to depose a sitting President, a palace coup in all but na

    • I don't think I've ever seen a president so disrespected.

      Well, I have definitely never seen the office of the President of the United States so disrespected. So I think jabbing at Trump is completely justified.

      He is making mockery of all of us, and our nation. He's making us all look like him. He's disrespectful to other world leaders (except dictators! weird?) He is disgracing the office of the President and our entire nation.

      So in turn, everyone who can, makes a mockery of Trump, in the media, in print, on the web, YouTube, SNL, late night comedy, stand u

  • Wannacry is based on an exploit called EternalBlue [wikipedia.org] developed by the NSA. That North Koreas may have picked up a copy and re-targeted it demonstrates the threat of unchecked proliferation of such weapons by irresponsible organizations.

  • Don't worry (Score:2, Insightful)

    by quonset ( 4839537 )

    The con artist will defend this malware, just like he defended North Korea's brutal regime and its dictator, or the way he defends Putin and Russia's deliberate bombing of hospitals and civilians in Syria.

    He'll probably even apologize for this malware simply because he admires dictators.

    • "These people, they make the best malware. I thought Putin did it, but this is just fabulous. Everyone is talking about it, everyone is telling me this is the most best they've seen this year, if not ever."

  • What we need to do is just blow NK to bits. Put 3 carrier groups offshore and just blow up every single bridge, railroad center, missile site, power plant, factory, and all other signs of modern infrastructure until it's been bombed back to the stone age. This should make CNN happy because they're doing every single thing in their power to try and make it happen.

  • Was this one included in the USB fans given to reporters during the NK - US summit? ;) :D

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