North Korean hackers are now using a fake security company to target researchers
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Researchers at Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group are warning that the same North Korean hackers who targeted security researchers earlier this year have now set up a new website and fake social media profiles for a fake company called “SecuriElite.”
In the initial report in January, the Google researchers warned that the North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat group was specifically targeting security researchers working on vulnerability research and development at various companies and organizations.
The campaign involved the Korean hackers establishing a research blog and multiple Twitter accounts in an effort to build credibility and connect with security researchers. The blog included writeups and analyses of vulnerabilities that have been publicly disclosed and included guest posts from legitimate security researchers who had been tricked into believing th