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North Korea's Stolen Pencil: Malicious Chrome Threat to Academics

Dec 06, 2018 •

Anthony Pell

1 min read

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academic institutions cyber espionage North Korea malicious extension hacking campaign

Computer users are being reminded once again to take care over the browser extensions they install after security experts discovered a hacking campaign that has been targeting academic institutions since at least May 2018. Researchers at Netscout have warned of a state-sponsored attack dubbed “Stolen Pencil” that is though to originate from North Korea. The state-sponsored attack is relatively unusual for its use a malicious Google Chrome browser extension.

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