N.Korea Hacks 20,000 S.Korean Smartphones

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/29/2014102901755.html?

By chosun.com
Oct. 29, 2014

Some 20,000 smartphones in South Korea are infected with malicious apps as 
a result of a recent North Korean hacking campaign.

National Intelligence Service data revealed on Tuesday say the apps were 
posted by North Korean hackers on South Korean websites from May 19 to 
Sept. 16 this year.

The NIS claims it has taken steps to delete the apps, update vaccines and 
block the sources of hacking attacks. It did not reveal who the targets of 
the attacks were.

Once infected with the malicious apps, smartphones are reportedly 
vulnerable to eavesdropping and clandestine videotaping. There have been a 
lot of worries about the possibility of the North hacking into 
smartphones, but this is the first time that specific cases have been 
revealed.

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