​Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group it tracks as Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands.

​Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group it tracks as Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands.

Microsoft has uncovered a new “FakePenny” ransomware variant being deployed by a North Korean threat actor to target organizations in

​Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group it tracks as Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands. [...]

Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group named Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands. Previously tracked as Storm-1789, Moonstone Sleet was found attacking both financial and cyberespionage targets using trojanized software (e.g., PuTTY), malicious games and npm packages, custom malware loaders, and fake software Microsoft has linked a North Korean hacking group named Moonstone Sleet to FakePenny ransomware attacks, which have led to millions of dollars in ransom demands.