UNC2970
Suspected sponsor: North Korea0
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News · 30d
Profile
UNC2970 is a North Korean threat actor that primarily targets organizations through spear-phishing emails with job recruitment themes, often utilizing fake LinkedIn accounts to engage victims. The group employs the PLANKWALK backdoor and other malware families, leveraging compromised WordPress sites for command and control. They have been observed using BYOVD techniques to exploit vulnerable drivers for evading detection. Mandiant has noted a shift in UNC2970's targeting strategy, including a focus on security researchers and advancements in their operational capabilities against EDR tools.
ATT&CK techniques
MITRE ATT&CK has no technique mapping for this actor.
Incidents attributed
- No incident in the register is attributed to this actor.
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this actor yet.
Targets
No victim countries in the sources.
Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: Low
No EU member state among its known victims and no overlap with EU projects
No EU cooperation projects recorded in its target countries.
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