North Korean Economy Watch

I received another example of the malicious emails that appear in the mail boxes of North Korea researchers. Always be on the lookout for these attempts to hack into your computer:

From: Ben Watkins [mailto:ben.watkins2@aol.com]
Sent: 26 January 2012 08:15
To: [DELETED]
Subject: FW:NKorea,contacts with Iran related to nuclear program in secret

North Korea, contacts with Iran related to nuclear program in secret
January 26, 2011 5:29AM, EST
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The areas in bold link to a shady server: Xttp://online.newssupply.net/newsviewer.hta.  I changed the “h” in “http” to an “X” to prevent accidentally linking.

You can read more background on these attacks here, here, here, here, and here.

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