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U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe
2025-03-22 07:32

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it's removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to...

North Korea’s ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps
2025-03-13 14:23

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance tool named KoSpy targeting Korean and English-speaking users. Lookout,...

China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea Intelligence Sharing
2025-03-12 11:09

Former CISA Director Jen Easterly writes about a new international intelligence sharing co-op: Historically, China, Russia, Iran & North Korea have cooperated to some extent on military and...

$1.5B Bybit Hack is Linked to North Korea, FBI Says, in Potentially the Largest Crypto Heist Ever
2025-02-28 19:30

The FBI referred to the attack as “TraderTraitor,” a malicious campaign linked to North Korean state-sponsored hackers the Lazarus Group.

FBI officially fingers North Korea for $1.5B Bybit crypto-burglary
2025-02-27 21:45

Federal agents, open up ... your browsers and see if you recognize any of these wallets The FBI has officially accused North Korea's Lazarus Group of stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum from...

Bybit declares war on North Korea's Lazarus crime-ring to regain $1.5B stolen from wallet
2025-02-26 23:08

Up to $140M in bounty rewards for return of Ethereum allegedly pilfered by hermit nation Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, just days after suspected North Korean operatives stole $1.5 billion in...

North Korea targets crypto developers via NPM supply chain attack
2025-02-13 12:00

Yet another cash grab from Kim's cronies and an intel update from Microsoft North Korea has changed tack: its latest campaign targets the NPM registry and owners of Exodus and Atomic...

I'm a security expert, and I almost fell for a North Korea-style deepfake job applicant …Twice
2025-02-11 14:01

Remote position, webcam not working, then glitchy AI face ... Red alert! Twice, over the past two months, Dawid Moczadło has interviewed purported job seekers only to discover that these "software...

Crypto klepto North Korea stole $659M over just 5 heists last year
2025-01-15 14:45

US, Japan, South Korea vow to intensify counter efforts North Korean blockchain bandits stole more than half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency in 2024 alone, the US, Japan, and South Korea say.…

US govt says North Korea stole over $659 million in crypto last year
2025-01-14 20:01

​North Korean state-backed hacking groups have stolen over $659 million worth of cryptocurrency in multiple crypto-heists, according to a joint statement issued by the United States, South Korea,...