Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Sure, they do crimes. But the plausible deniability governments adore means they deserve a different label Cybercrime gangs like the notorious Lazarus group and spyware vendors like Israel's NSO should be considered cyber mercenaries – and become the subject of a concerted international response – according to a Monday report from Delhi-based think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF).…

Elliptic points to several indicators that suggest the North Korea-linked gang was behind the hack Investigators at a blockchain analysis outfit have linked the theft of $100 million in crypto assets last week to the notorious North Korean-based cybercrime group Lazarus. The company said it had tracked the movement of some of the stolen cryptocurrency to a so-called mixer used to launder such ill-gotten funds.…

Crypto-coin theft isn't enough to keep these miscreants busy North Korea's Lazarus cybercrime gang is now breaking into chemical sector companies' networks to spy on them, according to Symantec's threat intel team.…