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McAfee Discovers North Korean-Backed Cyber Campaign Targeting Aerospace And Defense Industry

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 30th, 2020

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McAfee Discovers North Korean-Backed Cyber Campaign Targeting Aerospace And Defense Industry

A new cyber campaign targeting aerospace and defense professionals began this spring by a threat group linked to North Korea, the cyber security firm McAfee said on Thursday. McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team has been tracking the campaign by Hidden Cobra, the North Korean-linked group, since April, saying it is using similar tactics, techniques and procedures against the aerospace and defense industries as it did in cyber espionage efforts in 2017 and 2019. McAfee says the latest activity under what…

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