Think Tanks and NGOs: The Perfect Cover for Cyber Espionage
TA427, also known as Leviathan or TEMP.Periscope, is a cyber espionage group believed to be linked to North Korea. Their primary goal is to gather intelligence on foreign policy matters related to the U.S., South Korea, and other countries of strategic interest to the North Korean regime. TA427 employs a sophisticated attack flow that involves multiple stages: Reconnaissance and Information Gathering 📌TA427 conducts extensive open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering to identify potential targets, such as foreign policy experts, think tanks, and academic institutions...