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Higaisa threat group

Higaisa is a threat group thought to operate from South Korea, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 23 attack techniques, and to attacks on government organisations, with 8 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.

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Attack techniques
23
Countries and victims named
8
Thought to operate from
South Korea
Suspected backing
South Korea
Other names
None
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is Higaisa?

Higaisa is tracked under one name in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

What public reporting says

The organization often uses important North Korean time nodes such as holidays and North Korea to conduct fishing activities. The bait includes New Year blessings, Lantern blessings, North Korean celebrations, and important news, overseas personnel contact lists and so on. In addition, the attack organization also has the attack capability of the mobile terminal. The targets of the attack also include diplomatic entities related to North Korea (such as embassy officials in various places), government officials, human rights organizations, North Korean residents abroad, and traders. The victim countries currently monitored include China, North Korea, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, etc.

Public reports about Higaisa (2)

How it works

How does Higaisa attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 23 linked to Higaisa, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 16 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 4 of 15

Running code

Running their own programs or commands on a machine they reached.

6 techniques
  • T1053Scheduled Task/Job
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1106Native API
  • T1203Exploitation for Client Execution
  • T1204User Execution
  • T1574Hijack Execution Flow
Targets

Who does Higaisa 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)

Government
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Countries and victims named (8)

  1. 01China
  2. 02North Korea
  3. 03Japan
  4. 04Nepal
  5. 05Singapore
  6. 06Russia
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08Switzerland
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Higaisa is a threat group thought to operate from South Korea, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 23 attack techniques, and to attacks on government organisations, with 8 countries and victims named.

Public reporting places Higaisa 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 government, and 8 countries and victims are named, including China, North Korea, Japan and Nepal.

Public reporting links Higaisa to 23 attack techniques. Most of them are about running code, hiding and looking around.

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