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North Korea covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to North Korea, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.

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Bank Info Security 1 year, 3 months ago

North Korean IT Workers Set Sights on European Tech Firms

US Sanctions Are Forcing North Korea to Shift Targets, Using Workers With Fake IDsNorth Korean hackers posing as IT workers used to focus on stealing cryptocurrency and infiltrating U.S. tech companies to access sensitive data, but U.S. sanctions and increasing awareness of these job scammers have forced Pyongyang to shift its focus to Europe, said Mandiant's Luke McNamara.

Bank Info Security 12 Apr 2025, 6:30 a.m. America Cryptocurrency Europe North Korea Sanctions Scam Theft
Bank Info Security 1 year, 3 months ago

Lazarus Expands NPM Campaign With Trojan Loaders

North Korea's Lazarus Deploys Malicious NPM Packages to Steal DataNorth Korea's Lazarus Group expanded a malicious campaign of uploading malicious code to the JavaScript runtime environment npm repository, publishing 11 packages embedded with Trojan loaders. Researchers identified 11 malicious packages in the repository, a hotspot for supply chain attacks.

Bank Info Security 8 Apr 2025, 8:30 a.m. JavaScript Lazarus Malicious Code Node.js North Korea Research Supply Chain Theft Trojan