Tag: korea
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Cryptohack Roundup: North Korea Steals Bulk of Crypto So Far
Also: Cartier Heir Imprisoned, Believe Founder Benjamin Pasternak Arrested. This week, North Korea hacks, Cartier heir jailed, Believe founder arrested, Cambodia scam network sanctioned. A U.S. Army soldier’s insider bet, Litecoin, sentences in laundering and romance fraud cases, France probed crypto kidnapping. Tennessee banned crypto ATMs, Kelp DAO and Alex Mashinsky. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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ODNI to CISOs on threat assessments: You’re on your own
Tags: access, ai, china, ciso, computer, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, disinformation, encryption, finance, framework, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, jobs, korea, metric, resilience, risk, russia, service, strategy, technology, theft, threat, tool, warfareThe bifurcated framework: Operational reporting vs. homeland focus: The report now operates on two distinct tracks that risk narrowing the threat horizon for CROs. In a departure from traditional probabilistic forecasting, the IC has transitioned toward active operational reporting. This shift prioritizes immediate success metrics, such as a significant drop in border encounters and fentanyl…
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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CISA adds Microsoft, ConnectWise vulnerabilities to active exploitation catalog
Russia has used one of the flaws, security experts said, while North Korea has used the other. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-microsoft-connectwise-kev-update/818817/
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North Korea’s Lazarus Targets macOS Users via ClickFix
Lazarus continues leveraging ClickFix for initial access and data theft, in this case, against Mac-centric organizations and their high-value leaders. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/north-koreas-lazarus-targets-macos-users-clickfix
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Lazarus Lures Developers With Backdoored Coding Tests
North Korea-linked hackers are using AI-assisted malware and backdoored coding challenges to quietly loot millions in cryptocurrency from Web3 developers. Expel assesses with high confidence that HexagonalRodent is a DPRK state-sponsored subgroup that likely evolved from fraudulent IT worker operations before pivoting fully to malware-driven theft. In just three months, the group exfiltrated data from…
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Tropic Trooper Uses Custom Beacon and VS Code Tunnels for Stealthy Remote Access
A new Tropic Trooper campaign that combines a trojanized PDF reader, a custom AdaptixC2 Beacon listener, and Visual Studio (VS) Code tunnels to gain and maintain remote access to targeted systems. The operation appears to focus on Chinese-speaking individuals in Taiwan, as well as victims in South Korea and Japan. It is attributed to Tropic…
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Tropic Trooper Pivots to AdaptixC2 and Custom Beacon Listener
IntroductionOn March 12, 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a malicious ZIP archive containing military-themed document lures targeting Chinese-speaking individuals. Our analysis of this sample uncovered a campaign leveraging a multi-stage attack chain where a trojanized SumatraPDF reader deploys an AdaptixC2 Beacon agent, ultimately leading to the download and abuse of Visual Studio (VS) Code tunnels for…
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North Korea Stole 100,000 Identities to Infiltrate Global Companies
Here Is What That Looks Like From an Investigator’s Perspective. The DPRK remote IT worker scheme is not a cybersecurity problem. It is an identity fraud problem at state scale. The tools that can detect and attribute it are the same tools built for investigating threat actors, not screening job applicants. Research published in March……
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North Korea Blamed for $290m KelpDAO Crypto Heist
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is pegged for a $290m crypto theft at KelpDAO First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-blamed-290m-kelpdao/
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Mustang Panda Hits India and S. Korea with Updated LOTUSLITE Backdoor
Acronis reveals Mustang Panda is using a new LOTUSLITE backdoor to target Indian banks and Korean diplomats. Learn how this DLL sideloading attack works. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/mustang-panda-india-s-korea-lotuslite-backdoor/
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Tencent’s QClaw AI agent app arrives on Windows and macOS
Tencent has opened an international beta of QClaw, an AI agent application aimed at consumers in Canada, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. The first wave … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/22/tencent-qclaw-ai-agent-windows-macos/
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Mustang Panda’s New LOTUSLITE Variant Targets India Banks, South Korea Policy Circles
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a known malware called LOTUSLITE that’s distributed via a theme related to India’s banking sector.”The backdoor communicates with a dynamic DNS-based command-and-control server over HTTPS and supports remote shell access, file operations, and session management, indicating a continued espionage-focused capability set rather than First seen on thehackernews.com…
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South Korea Expands AI Cybersecurity to Safeguard Cloud-Based Education Systems
South Korea is stepping up its digital defenses for kids by expanding the reach of AI-powered cybersecurity systems, with a particular focus on private cloud environments used for teaching and learning. The Ministry of Education, working alongside the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), announced a series of upgrades designed to strengthen protection across…
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North Korea’s Lazarus APT stole $290M from Kelp DAO
North Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole $290M from Kelp DAO by abusing LayerZero. A second $95M attempt was stopped. Hackers tied to the North-Korea linked group Lazarus APT carried out a $290M crypto theft targeting Kelp DAO. Kelp DAO is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on the Ethereum ecosystem that focuses on a concept called…
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CISA urges security teams to view environments following axios compromise
A suspected North Korea-linked actor is behind a supply chain attack on the widely used library. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa–security-teams-environments-axios-compromise/818081/
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North Korean Blamed for $290m KelpDAO Crypto Heist
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is pegged for a $290m crypto theft at KelpDAO First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korean-blamed-290m-kelpdao/
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North Korea hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft
The hack against Kelp DAO is the largest crypto heist of the year so far. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/north-korea-hackers-blamed-for-290m-crypto-theft/
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Crypto infrastructure company blames $290 million theft on North Korean hackers
A theft of nearly $300 million worth of cryptocurrency has been attributed to hackers from North Korea, as the industry grapples with the fallout of a wide-ranging incident involving multiple prominent platforms. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/crypto-north-korea-theft-kelp
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US nationals sentenced for aiding North Korea’s tech worker scheme
Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang established shell companies and hosted laptop farms to help operatives obtain jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/us-nationals-sentenced-facilitate-north-korea-tech-worker-scheme/
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Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced in $5 Million DPRK Remote Worker Laptop Farm Scheme
The U.S. Justice Department has sentenced two New Jersey residents, Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang, for enabling a massive fraudulent employment operation that generated over $5 million for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Kejia Wang received a 108-month prison term, while Zhenxing Wang was sentenced to 92 months in prison. Both defendants were…
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North Korea Uses ClickFix to Target macOS Users’ Data
Sapphire Sleet uses fake job offers and phony Zoom updates to deliver ClickFix attacks that steal credentials and sensitive data from Macs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/north-korea-clickfix-target-macos-users-data