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Kimsuky

Also reported as Black Banshee, Emerald Sleet, Velvet Chollima, THALLIUM, APT43 and 26 other names. Linked to North Korea by four sources.

Reports
322
Last reported
Known CVEs
195
Techniques in ATT&CK
131
Origin
North Korea
ID
G0094
Merge evidence
48 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2013 Q1: 1 report
  2. 2013 Q2: no reports
  3. 2013 Q3: 2 reports
  4. 2013 Q4: no reports
  5. 2014 Q1: no reports
  6. 2014 Q2: no reports
  7. 2014 Q3: 2 reports
  8. 2014 Q4: no reports
  9. 2015 Q1: no reports
  10. 2015 Q2: no reports
  11. 2015 Q3: no reports
  12. 2015 Q4: no reports
  13. 2016 Q1: 2 reports
  14. 2016 Q2: no reports
  15. 2016 Q3: no reports
  16. 2016 Q4: no reports
  17. 2017 Q1: no reports
  18. 2017 Q2: no reports
  19. 2017 Q3: no reports
  20. 2017 Q4: no reports
  21. 2018 Q1: no reports
  22. 2018 Q2: no reports
  23. 2018 Q3: no reports
  24. 2018 Q4: 1 report
  25. 2019 Q1: 4 reports
  26. 2019 Q2: 4 reports
  27. 2019 Q3: 4 reports
  28. 2019 Q4: 4 reports
  29. 2020 Q1: 15 reports
  30. 2020 Q2: 6 reports
  31. 2020 Q3: 6 reports
  32. 2020 Q4: 9 reports
  33. 2021 Q1: 6 reports
  34. 2021 Q2: 10 reports
  35. 2021 Q3: 13 reports
  36. 2021 Q4: 17 reports
  37. 2022 Q1: 14 reports
  38. 2022 Q2: 3 reports
  39. 2022 Q3: 13 reports
  40. 2022 Q4: 11 reports
  41. 2023 Q1: 12 reports
  42. 2023 Q2: 18 reports
  43. 2023 Q3: 3 reports
  44. 2023 Q4: 10 reports
  45. 2024 Q1: 7 reports
  46. 2024 Q2: 10 reports
  47. 2024 Q3: 4 reports
  48. 2024 Q4: 8 reports
  49. 2025 Q1: 6 reports
  50. 2025 Q2: 9 reports
  51. 2025 Q3: 2 reports
  52. 2025 Q4: 4 reports
  53. 2026 Q1: 4 reports
  54. 2026 Q2: 76 reports
  55. 2026 Q3: 2 reports
Dated reports, 2013 Q1 to 2026 Q3.

Techniques seen in the last two years

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Counts come from technique IDs in the actor's report text. “Reports only” means reports name the technique but MITRE ATT&CK® does not list it for this actor.

Also listed by ATT&CK

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CVEs named in reports

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KEV marks a CVE in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and “ransomware” marks one that the catalog records as used in ransomware campaigns.

Reports

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  1. Amadey (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. Meterpreter (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  3. Kimsuky (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  4. Quasar RAT (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  5. Reaper, APT 37, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  6. Kimsuky Group Uses AutoIt to Create Malware (RftRAT, Amadey)

    date in the CCS '25 data Ahnlab fromORKLCCS '25 data

  7. APT43 An investigation into the North Korean group's cybercrime operations

    date in the CCS '25 data VirusTotal fromCCS '25 data

  8. Threat Horizons - July 2022

    date ORKL added it Google's Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) fromORKL

  9. The DPRK delicate sound of cyber

    date in the title fromORKL

  10. Detailing Daily Domain Hunting

    date in the title fromORKL

  11. Threat Horizons - September 2022

    file creation date Google's Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) fromORKL

  12. Kimsuky’s GoldDragon cluster and its C2 operations

    date in the title fromORKL

  13. yir-cyber-threats-annex-download.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  14. yir-cyber-threats-report-download.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  15. Patchwork_Patchwork-APT-caught-in-its-own-web_MalwarebytesLabs

    date in the CCS '25 data Malwarebytes fromORKLCCS '25 data

  16. Kimsuky Group's APT Attacks (AppleSeed, PebbleDash)

    file creation date Ahnlab fromORKL

  17. Konni_targeting_Russian_diplomatic_sector

    Malpedia library date C25 Cyber Intelligence Unit fromORKLCCS '25 data

  18. APT Attack Cases of Kimsuky Group (PebbleDash)

    date in the title fromORKL

  19. 2021 Fall/Winter Threat Update

    date in the CCS '25 data Proofpoint fromORKLCCS '25 data

  20. APT trends report Q3 2021

    date in the title fromORKL

  21. VNC Malware (TinyNuke, TightVNC) Used by Kimsuky Group

    date in the title fromORKL

  22. Global_APT_Research_Report_for_the_first_half_of_2021-360

    file creation date fromORKL

  23. Microsoft Digital Defense Report OCTOBER 2021

    file creation date fromORKL

  24. North Korean Cyberattacks A Dangerous and Evolving Threat 2

    date in the CCS '25 data Heritage.org fromORKLCCS '25 data

  25. Attacks using metasploit meterpreter

    date in the title fromORKL

  26. Kimsuky Espionage Campaign

    date in the title fromORKL

  27. Kimsuky Espionage Campaign

    date in the CCS '25 data Inquest fromORKLCCS '25 data

  28. Cloud Atlas Navigates Us Into New Waters

    date in the title fromORKL

  29. APT_trends_report_Q1_2021_Securelist

    file creation date fromORKL

  30. APT trends report Q1 2021

    date in the title fromORKL

  31. mtrends-2021

    file creation date fromORKL

  32. The_CrowdStrike_2021_Global_Threat_Report

    file creation date fromORKL

  33. Group-IB_Hi-Tech_Crime_Trends_2020-2021_en

    file creation date fromORKL

  34. Extrapolating Adversary Intent Through Infrastructure

    date in the title fromORKL

  35. The many personalities of Lazarus

    date in the title fromORKL

  36. TLP-WHITE_AA20-301A_North_Korean_APT_Focus_Kimsuky

    date in the CCS '25 data CISA fromORKLCCS '25 data

  37. FY20 Microsoft Digital Defense Report

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  38. Kimsuky Phishing Operations Putting In Work

    date in the title fromORKL

  39. ESET_Threat_Report_Q22020

    file creation date fromORKL

  40. 0628-2020APT上半年报告-画册

    file creation date fromORKL

  41. Probable Sandworm Infrastructure

    date in the title fromORKL

  42. ASEC_REPORT_vol.98_ENG

    date in the CCS '25 data AhnLab fromORKLCCS '25 data

  43. 200407-MWB-COVID-White-Paper_Final

    date in the CCS '25 data Malwarebytes fromORKLCCS '25 data

  44. Kimsuky group- tracking the king of the spear phishing

    date in the title fromORKL

  45. Report2020CrowdStrikeGlobalThreatReport

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  46. The North Korean Kimsuky APT keeps threatening South Korea evolving its TTPs

    date in the CCS '25 data Yoroi fromORKLCCS '25 data

  47. Lexfo-WhitePaper-The_Lazarus_Constellation

    file creation date fromORKL

  48. Cyber Security Services

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  49. 2020.02.22_APT_threat_report_2019_CN_version

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  50. Group-IB_Hi-Tech_Crime_Trends_2019-2020_en

    file creation date fromORKL

  51. Group-IB_Hi-Tech_Crime_Trends_2019-2020

    date in the CCS '25 data Group-IB fromORKLCCS '25 data

  52. Autumn Aperture Report

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  53. STOLEN PENCIL Campaign Targets Academia

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  54. Profiling An Enigma: The Mystery Of North Korea's Cyber Threat Landscape

    date in the CCS '25 data HP fromORKLCCS '25 data

  55. The "Kimsuky" Operation: A North Korean APT?

    file creation date Kaspersky fromORKL

  56. The “Kimsuky” Operation- A North Korean APT-

    date in the title fromORKL

  57. “Red October” – Part Two, the Modules

    date in the title fromORKL

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