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DarkHotel threat group

DarkHotel is an espionage group thought to operate from South Korea, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 5 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.

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Attack techniques
0
Countries and victims named
5
Thought to operate from
South Korea
Suspected backing
South Korea
Motive
Espionage
Other names
16
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is DarkHotel?

DarkHotel has 16 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

DUBNIUMFallout TeamKarbaLuderNemimNeminTapaouxPioneerShadow CraneAPT-C-06SIG25TUNGSTEN BRIDGE

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

Kaspersky described DarkHotel in a 2014 report as: '... DarkHotel drives its campaigns by spear-phishing targets with highly advanced Flash zero-day exploits that effectively evade the latest Windows and Adobe defenses, and yet they also imprecisely spread among large numbers of vague targets with peer-to-peer spreading tactics. Moreover, this crews most unusual characteristic is that for several years the Darkhotel APT has maintained a capability to use hotel networks to follow and hit selected targets as they travel around the world.'

Public reports about DarkHotel (11)

Targets

Who does DarkHotel go after?

The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.

Sectors (1)

Private sector
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Countries and victims named (5)

  1. 01Japan
  2. 02Russia
  3. 03Taiwan
  4. 04South Korea
  5. 05China
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DarkHotel is an espionage group thought to operate from South Korea, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 5 countries and victims named.

Public reporting places DarkHotel as operating from South Korea, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

In public reporting, sectors named include private sector, and 5 countries and victims are named, including Japan, Russia, Taiwan and South Korea.

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