North Korea's UNC1069 Hammers Crypto Firms With AI
In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.
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In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.
Campaign combines stolen Telegram accounts, fake Zoom calls and ClickFix attacks to deploy infostealer malware
The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as BlueNoroff has been observed targeting an employee in the Web3 sector with deceptive Zoom calls featuring deepfaked company executives to trick them into installing malware on their Apple macOS devices
Spain's police arrested six individuals behind a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam that used AI tools to generate deepfake ads featuring popular public figures to lure people. [...]
Also: Crypto Hack Losses in 2023 Decreased by Over 50%This week, Orbit Chain lost $81 million in a New Year's Eve hack, Indonesian police shuttered bitcoin mining operations, dYdX named its attacker, $324,000 users fell victim to 2023 crypto phishing scams, Singapore's prime minister had a deepfake problem, and 2023 crypto losses decreased by over 50%.
The number of websites promoting cryptocurrency giveaway scams to lure gullible victims has increased by more than 300% in the first half of this year, targeting mostly English and Spanish speakers using celebrity deepfakes. [...]