State-Sponsored APT
Advanced Persistent ThreatKimsuky
Origin: North Korea | Active Since: 2012
// AI Dossier Summary
Kimsuky is a North Korean state-sponsored APT focused primarily on espionage and intelligence gathering targeting South Korean entities and global think tanks.
// Group Fingerprint
- Primary Name
- Kimsuky
- Known Aliases
- Velvet Chollima, Thallium, Black Banshee
- State Sponsor
- State-Sponsored
- Motivations
- Espionage, Intelligence Gathering
- Primary Targets
- Government, Think Tanks, Academia
- Active Since
- 2012
// Tradecraft & Arsenal
Known Malware Arsenal
- AppleSeed
- PebbleDash
Target Industries
- Government
- Think Tanks
- Academia
MITRE ATT&CK Mapping
- T1566Phishing
- T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter