InfoSec News Nuggets 12/13/2022
North Korean Hackers Impersonate Researchers to Steal Intel A prolific North Korean state hacking group has gone back to basics in a new attempt to understand Western thinking about the hermit nation, according to Microsoft. Instead of using spear-phishing emails and/or covert information-stealing malware, the hackers are using fairly simple impersonation tactics to get the information they want, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) told Reuters. They’re doing this by sending emails to researchers and foreign…