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Report: Stronger GPS jammer developed
North Korea has developed a powerful jammer that can disrupt GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite signals over a range of “more than 100 kilometers,” according to a South Korean government report, Yonhap News said Tuesday. News of the jamming equipment was included in a report submitted to South Korea’s parliamentary committee on defense this week,…
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VOK on US hacking
The Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international radio broadcaster, recently aired a commentary that took aim at several hacking incidents in the U.S., but the true aim of the piece appears to be the U.S. Department of Defense’s recently published Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace. The U.S. document, a declassified version of which is available…
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North Korea behind March web attacks, says McAfee
North Korea or parties closely tied to the country were almost certainly behind the March cyber attacks that took down several South Korean websites, according to a report from computer security company McAfee. The report contains a detailed analysis of the attacks and how they were carried out. Working with the governments of both South…
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Report: DPRK again jams GPS signals
North Korea attempted to jam GPS (global positioning system) satellite navigation signals in South Korea on Friday afternoon, according to a Yonhap News report that cited an unnamed South Korean defense official. Jamming is the act of broadcasting a signal on the same channel as the intended target service so as to confuse or interfere…
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Rodong Sinmun on IT psychological warfare
Rodong Sinmun, the DPRK’s national daily newspaper of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attacked the U.S. on Tuesday for “waging a vicious psychological warfare on the basis of modern science and technology.” The article, an English synopsis of which was reported by KCNA, said the U.S. is using it to attack “anti-imperialist independent countries.” It’s…
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North Korea Appears Capable of Jamming GPS Receivers
The Voice of America has an interesting story on the jamming of GPS signals along the border region. The jamming signals are apparently from North Korea and rendered GPS systems in the region unusable. This week, the South Korea Communications Commission informed lawmakers that between August 23 and 25, signals emanating from near the North…
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DPRK concerned about US electronic warfare capability
The Voice of America has got its hands on a military manual said to have been smuggled from North Korea. The manual, which was apparently published in 2005, reveals Pyongyang’s concern about electronic warfare technology used by the United States and South Korea, reports VOA. The document also indicates North Korea’s military uses radar-absorbing paint…
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North Korea’s Cyber-warfare Capability
38 North, the Web site of the US Korea Institute at SAIS has a piece on North Korea’s cyber warfare capabilities. The article provides some of the background to claims that North Korea has been training computer programmers and hackers in the black arts of cyber warfare. It also looks at some of the obstacles…
