Daniel Gordon

Daniel Gordon has over a decade of experience hunting, researching, tracking, and stopping North Korean hacking groups across both public and private sector. He has a bunch of degrees and certifications, and has published blogs for DarkReading, War on the Rocks, and Risky.biz and given talks on North Korean hacking at SleuthCon and FTSCon.


Sessions

02-16
11:30
20min
When the AppleJeus GitHub is Worth The Squeeze
Daniel Gordon

AppleJeus, also known as Citrine Sleet, Gleaming Pisces, and Smooth Operator, is the North Korean hacker behind the Radiant Capital heist among others. This is the story of finding a previously undiscovered AppleJeus campaign targeting fintech. This talk will also give some background on North Korean hacking groups, show simple pivoting for analysts, and give recommendations to help protect your organization from North Korean threat actors.

Lessons Learned
Auditorium
02-17
13:45
20min
TraderTraitor: A Real Bad MATA
Daniel Gordon

TraderTraitor, also known as Jade Sleet, Slow Pisces, UNC4899, Dark River is the North Korean threat actor behind major cryptocurrency heists from ByBit, DMM, WazirX, CoinsPaid, Alphapo, Atomic Wallet, Horizon Bridge, Ronin Bridge, and many others. This presentation is a deep dive into TraderTraitor and will cover how they compromise their victims, how defenders and security teams can track TraderTraitor, and measures that organizations can take to protect themselves from being the next Bybit. This presentation will have non-public details about TraderTraitor activity.

Lessons Learned
Auditorium