CISA Alert: Guidance on the North Korean Cyber Threat

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert intended to serve as a comprehensive resource on the North Korean cyber threat. The U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury and the FBI also contributed to this product. Although much of the malicious activity described in the alert is targeted against the financial sector, the alert reminds its audience that North Korea has the capability to conduct disruptive or destructive cyber activities affecting U.S. critical infrastructure. And indeed, some of the malicious activities the alert highlights affected industries beyond just the financial sector, such as the WannaCry ransomware that in 2017 infected hundreds of thousands of computers across the world. This product also includes recommended steps to mitigate the threat. Read the Alert at CISA.