The Asian nation is the largest sender of attributable malware.
Around two-thirds of malware was attributable to state-funded attack groups.
According to research from Netskope, 66 percent of the malware targeted at its customers was attributable to APT groups, with North Korea accounting for the largest share of attributed malware attacks, followed by China and Russia.
Currently North Korea seeks financial benefit from its cybercrime, while Russia and China focus on disruption, reflected in a smaller malware footprint, but with high-impact disruption and damage.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
