US Government Says North Korea Has Just Launched a New Cyberattack

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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a warning about a new form of malware used by North Korea to compromise computers as part of the Hidden Cobra campaign.

Dubbed Typeframe, this malware can do pretty much the same things as other cyber-infections discovered earlier this year and allegedly used by the North Korean government, including downloading and installing other payloads, changing firewall rules, and waiting for instructions from a control center.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has discovered 11 malware samples consisting of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executable files and a Microsoft Word document containing macros that are being used to deploy the malware on target computers.

Hidden Cobra attacks

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