North Korea

Cryptojacking hackers blackmail YouTubers; Lazarus’ new malware
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25 March, 2025

Cryptojacking hackers blackmail YouTubers; Lazarus’ new malware

The hackers report YouTubers for copyright infringement, then blackmail them into including crypto mining malware in video descriptions, says Kaspersky.
Bybit reels from $1.5B hack by North Korea
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25 February, 2025

Bybit reels from $1.5B hack by North Korea

Panic spread in the ‘crypto’ world recently after Bybit was hacked for over $1.4B worth of Ethereum’s ETH token, the...
S. Korea imposes sanctions on N. Korean digital asset hackers
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3 January, 2025

S. Korea imposes sanctions on N. Korean digital asset hackers

South Korea is imposing sanctions against 15 North Korean IT organization members and the Chosun Geumjeong Economic Information Technology Exchange...
‘Crypto’ crime declines? Hackers, North Korea disagree
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10 September, 2024

‘Crypto’ crime declines? Hackers, North Korea disagree

The FTC recently issued a report calling BTC-based ATMs “a payment portal for scammers,” while Chainalysis released two summaries of...
North Korea’s ‘crypto’ hackers stealing billions for Hermit Kingdom’s nukes
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5 December, 2023

North Korea’s ‘crypto’ hackers stealing billions for Hermit Kingdom’s nukes

North Korea reportedly earned $3 billion from stealing digital assets, which it used to evade sanctions and fund its nuclear...
KANDYKORN malware use by North Korean hackers targeting digital asset exchange engineers
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10 November, 2023

KANDYKORN malware use by North Korean hackers targeting digital asset exchange engineers

Hackers from Lazarus Group from North Korea posed as macOS engineers and convinced actual engineers to download the malware and...