South Korean investigators revealed that the 2019 Upbit cryptocurrency heist, which resulted in the theft of $50 million worth of ETH, was carried out by North Korean hacking groups Lazarus and Andariel, linked to the Reconnaissance General Bureau, which happens to be DPRK’s premiere intelligence organization. Upbit, one of South Korea’s leading crypto exchanges, first reported the attack exactly five years ago. During the incident, 342,000 ETH, worth around $147 per ether,...
Read More »North Korean Hackers Used Fake NFT Game to Steal Wallet Credentials: Report
Reports have emerged that bad actors allegedly tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group executed a complex cyberattack that used a fake NFT-based game to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome. According to the report, the vulnerability ultimately allowed the attackers to access people’s crypto wallets. Exploiting Chrome’s Zero-Day Flaw Kaspersky Labs security analysts Boris Larin and Vasily Berdnikov wrote that the perpetrators cloned a blockchain game called...
Read More »Lazarus Group’s Fenbushi Executive Impersonation Gimmicks Uncovered
CoinspeakerLazarus Group’s Fenbushi Executive Impersonation Gimmicks Uncovered By assuming these false identities, the hackers aim to establish credibility and trust within professional circles, ultimately luring unsuspecting users into their schemes. Lazarus Group’s Fenbushi Executive Impersonation Gimmicks Uncovered
Read More »North Korean Lazarus Hacker Group Taps LinkedIn in Targeted Crypto Theft
CoinspeakerNorth Korean Lazarus Hacker Group Taps LinkedIn in Targeted Crypto Theft After establishing contact with the victim on LinkedIn, the hacker group requested the applicants to "download" two coding challenges containing Trojan files. North Korean Lazarus Hacker Group Taps LinkedIn in Targeted Crypto Theft
Read More »Norwegian Regulator Økokrim Seizes $5.8M from Lazarus Group
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Read More »FBI Confirms North Korea Was Behind $100 Million Harmony Hack
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Read More »Alleged North Korean Cyber Criminals behind Harmony Hack Lazarus Group Moves $64M in Stolen Crypto over Weekend
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Read More »Trump Admin Sanctions North Korean Hackers Behind Titanic Bitcoin Thefts
The Trump administration sanctioned North Korea's Lazarus Group, which raked in $571 million from Bitcoin thefts. | Source: Shutterstock North Korea’s notorious state-sponsored hacker team Lazarus Group - the one responsible for stealing more than $500 million from Bitcoin exchanges around the world - has finally been sanctioned by the Trump administration. This is...
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