North Korean Hacking
WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged
Richi Jennings | | Andrew M., DPRK, Korea, Korean military, Korean ransomware, Matthew Isaac Knoot, North Korea, North Korean Hacking, North Korean Threat Actors, northkorea, Noth Korea, SB Blogwatch
North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ ...
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DOJ Shuts Down Another North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’
The DOJ shut down another "laptop farm" link to a North Korean fake IT worker scam that the country uses to illegally bring in money for its nuclear and ballistic weapons program ...
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Suspect Indicted in North Korea Group’s Expansive Spying Operation
North Korea's APT45 threat group is using ransomware attacks on U.S. health care firms to fund an ongoing cyberespionage campaign to steal military and defense secrets that are fed back into the ...
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KnowBe4 Unknowingly Hired Fake North Korean IT Worker
Cybersecurity company KnowBe4 unknowingly hired a North Korean operative who used a stolen identity and an AI-enhanced photo to get the software engineer job and then immediately began loading malware into the ...
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North Korea IT Worker Scam Brings Malware and Funds Nukes
Richi Jennings | | DPRK, Korea, Korean military, Korean ransomware, North Korea, North Korean Hacking, North Korean Threat Actors, northkorea, Noth Korea, SB Blogwatch
WTH? DPRK IT WFH: Justice Department says N. Korean hackers are getting remote IT jobs, posing as Americans ...
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Backdoors and Miners Amid eScan Antivirus Backdoor Exploit
Wajahat Raja | | Antivirus software, Backdoor Exploit, cryptocurrency mining, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Defense Sector, eScan Antivirus, Exploit Detection, GuptiMiner, Malware, Network Security, North Korean Hacking, security updates, Threat Intelligence, Vulnerabilities
Recently, a wave of malware attacks has surfaced, exploiting vulnerabilities in the update mechanism of the eScan antivirus software. This eScan antivirus backdoor exploit distributes backdoors and cryptocurrency miners, such as XMRig, ...