How North Korea is hacking companies and governments
The U.S. government has revealed new details about two viruses it says North Korea is using to attack companies and governments. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI issued joint alerts on Tuesday warning about two types of malware, or malicious software, that North Korean hackers are allegedly using against firms across industries such as aviation, finance, telecoms and media. Related: Russia just gave North Korea's internet a big boost One of them, known as FALLCHILL, has likely been in use since 2016 and allows hackers to monitor and control infected computers remotely. It typically spreads through files dropped by other malware or when users inadvertently download it by visiting websites that are already infected. It also uses multiple layers of "proxy malware," according to the DHS and FBI, that allow it to disguise its origin and make the hackers harder to trace. The other type of malware, Volgmer, infects computers through a techni...
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