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Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cross-platform malware called RemotePE that has been put to use by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group in attacks targeting financial and cryptocurrency organizations

The North Korean group is using stolen victim videos, AI-generated avatars, and fake Zoom calls to scale malware attacks against cryptocurrency executives.

A new variant of the BeaverTail malware linked to North Korean hackers has been identified targeting cryptocurrency traders and developers

A joint investigation led by Mauro Eldritch, founder of BCA LTD, conducted together with threat-intel initiative NorthScan and ANY.RUN, a solution for interactive malware analysis and threat intelligence, has uncovered one of North Korea’s most persistent infiltration schemes: a network of remote IT workers tied to Lazarus Group’s Famous Chollima division

Threat actors tied to North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of twin campaigns tracked as GhostCall and GhostHire

Eset: Lazarus Group Shares Backdoor With Newer Pyongyang Threat ActorA gang of North Korean hackers behind fake IT job recruitment scams now have access to a remote access Trojan favored by their more technically advanced counterparts tracked collectively as the Lazarus Group, say security researchers.

Keeping Pyongyang's coffers full North Korean-linked crews connected to the pervasive IT worker scams have upped their malware game, using more advanced tools, including a backdoor that has much of the same code as Pyongyang's infamous Lazarus Group deploys.…

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three different pieces of cross-platform malware called PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE

PLUS: Slow MFA rollout costs Canucks $5m; Lawmakers ponder Stingray ban; MSFT tightens Teams; And more! Infosec In Brief North Korea’s Lazarus Group has changed tactics and is now creating malware-laden open source software.…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned cyber actor Song Kum Hyok for his association with North Korea's hacking group Andariel and for facilitating IT worker schemes that generated revenue for the Pyongyang regime. [...]

Also: CoinMarketCap Attack, BitPro Blames Lazarus for $11M HackThis week, a new malware targeted crypto wallets via photos, CoinMarketCap faced attack, BitoPro blamed Lazarus for heist, Trezor warned of phishing scam, France saw another crypto kidnapping, cops re-arrested teen after second theft, Hacken blamed human error for exploit and Self Chain ousted CEO.

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

North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) 'BlueNoroff' (aka 'Sapphire Sleet' or 'TA444') are using deepfake company executives during fake Zoom calls to trick employees into installing custom malware on their computers. [...]

At least six organizations in South Korea have been targeted by the prolific North Korea-linked Lazarus Group as part of a campaign dubbed Operation SyncHole

Also: SEC Drops Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW LawsuitsThis week, hack stats, Hamas crypto funds seizure, conclusion of Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW lawsuits, Kentucky dropped its Coinbase suit, Trump pardoned BitMex co-founders, Lazarus's new tactics, and Crocodilus malware's crypto targets.

The North Korean threat actors behind Contagious Interview have adopted the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to lure job seekers in the cryptocurrency sector to deliver a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GolangGhost on Windows and macOS systems

The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group has reportedly adopted 'ClickFix' tactics to deploy malware targeting job seekers in the cryptocurrency industry, particularly centralized finance (CeFi). [...]

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been linked to a previously undocumented JavaScript implant named Marstech1 as part of limited targeted attacks against developers

SecurityScorecard has uncovered a sophisticated campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, distributing crypto-stealing malware