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North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store
Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.
A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were able to trick some people into downloading it, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. In a report published on Wednesday, and exclusively shared with TechCrunch ahead of time, Lookout details an espionage campaign involving several different samples of it calls KoSpy, which the company attributes with “high confidence” to the North Korean government. Lookout also found that the spyware apps use domain names and IP addresses that were previously identified as being present in malware and command and control infrastructure used by North Korean government hacking groups APT37 and APT43.
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