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Undercover North Korean IT workers now steal data, extort employers
2024-10-17 18:01

North Korean IT professionals who trick Western companies into hiring them are stealing data from the organization's network and asking for a ransom to not leak it. [...]

North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware
2024-10-16 10:50

The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Windows to infect devices with malware known as RokRAT. The...

North Korean Hackers Using New VeilShell Backdoor in Stealthy Cyber Attacks
2024-10-03 13:00

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed delivering a previously undocumented backdoor and remote access trojan (RAT) called VeilShell as part of a campaign targeting Cambodia and...

How to spot a North Korean agent before they get comfy inside payroll
2024-09-24 12:01

Mandiant publishes cheat sheet for weeding out fraudulent IT staff Against a backdrop of rising exposure to North Korean agents seeking (mainly) US IT roles, organizations now have a cheat sheet...

North Korean Hackers Target Energy and Aerospace Industries with New MISTPEN Malware
2024-09-18 09:32

A North Korea-linked cyber-espionage group has been observed leveraging job-themed phishing lures to target prospective victims in energy and aerospace verticals and infect them with a previously...

North Korean Hackers Target Cryptocurrency Users on LinkedIn with RustDoor Malware
2024-09-16 12:00

Cybersecurity researchers are continuing to warn about North Korean threat actors' attempts to target prospective victims on LinkedIn to deliver malware called RustDoor. The latest advisory comes...

North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams
2024-09-07 07:28

Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation. These attacks employ coding tests as a...

North Korean scammers plan wave of stealth attacks on crypto companies, FBI warns
2024-09-05 01:17

Feds warn of 'highly tailored, difficult-to-detect social engineering campaigns' The FBI has warned that North Korean operatives are plotting "complex and elaborate" social engineering attacks...

North Korean Hackers Targets Job Seekers with Fake FreeConference App
2024-09-04 15:52

North Korean threat actors have leveraged a fake Windows video conferencing application impersonating FreeConference.com to backdoor developer systems as part of an ongoing financially-driven...

North Korean hackers’ social engineering tricks
2024-09-04 12:18

“North Korean malicious cyber actors conducted research on a variety of targets connected to cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last several months,” the FBI has warned through a...