You might have heard the news that South Korea was hacked with banks and TV broadcasters being the targets. Symantec has done an analysis of the marware being used in these attacks and here’s what they came up with:
- Symantec detects the malware as Trojan.Jokra.
- The malware wipes the hard disks of infected computers and send them into a reboot, rendering them unusable.
- The malware attempts to perform the same wiping actions on any drives attached or mapped to the compromised computer.
- While there are currently no indications of the source of this attack or the motivations behind it, it may be part of either a clandestine attack or the work of nationalistic hacktivists taking issues into their own hands.
Now North Korea is thought to be the source of these attacks, but who knows if that’s the case or not. If you want to read the details, check out the full article here.
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Symantec Analysis On Malware Affecting South Korea
You might have heard the news that South Korea was hacked with banks and TV broadcasters being the targets. Symantec has done an analysis of the marware being used in these attacks and here’s what they came up with:
Now North Korea is thought to be the source of these attacks, but who knows if that’s the case or not. If you want to read the details, check out the full article here.
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