In an exclusive piece of research Check Point has released a new report revealing that North Korea has developed a home-grown anti-virus software called SiliVaccine.
After detailed forensic analysis of SiliVaccine’s engine files Check Point’s research team discovered exact matches of SiliVaccine and large chunks of anti-virus engine code belonging to Check Point competitor, Trend Micro.
The resilient botnet forming malware has infected around 19,000 victims, primarily by malicious BitTorrent file shares. It has however been seen to target and track more specific individual victims in both South Korea and Japan, including members of International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), engineering companies, academics, scientists and government employees.
The report can be found here.
