Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-12-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: UAE Financial Instituions
Affected country: United Arab Emirates
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Host
Motive: Financial
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau (BlueNorff)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: BlueNoroff has been blamed for numerous cyberattacks targeting banks and cryptocurrency firms as a part of larger malware campaign aimed against the financial institutions of numerous nations.