North Korea aims ‘TraderTraitor’ malware at cryptocurrency workers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is attributing the campaign to hackers known as the Lazarus Group.
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(Getty Images) Financial US charges alleged North Korean hackers with trying to steal $1.3 billion in cybercrime spree
It’s part of a larger case against alleged perpetrators of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak and the Bangladesh Bank heist.
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Students of the Pyongyang Jang Chol Gu University of Commerce watch footage on March 25, 2022, of the previous day’s launch of the Hwasong-17 missile — North Korea’s first ICBM test since 2017. (Photo by KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images) Financial Treasury updates Lazarus Group sanctions with digital currency address linked to Ronin Bridge hack
The address received $600 million in Ethereum and other digital currency during the March attack, crypto-tracking company Chainalysis said.
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(Getty Images) Threats CISA to brief critical infrastructure companies about urgent new Log4j vulnerability
Log4j is a widely-used open-source logging tool popular in apps including Minecraft, Apple Cloud, Cloudflare and Twitter.
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(Getty Images) Government Money launderer connected to North Korean government hackers, ‘Hushpuppi’ is sentenced to 11 years
Ghaleb Alaumary faced up to two decades behind bars.
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The Monument to Party Founding is a monument in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. (Getty Images) Geopolitics FBI, CISA, Treasury: North Korean hackers taking aim at health care with Maui ransomware
The ransomware has previously received little public scrutiny.
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US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden(not shown) make their way to board Air Force One before departing from New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware on July 4, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Financial Kaseya says up to 1,500 victims affected by ransomware, as Biden directs ‘full resources’ to investigate
REvil, the group that took credit for the attack, is seeking $70 million from what it says are actually 1 million victims.
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Honeywell products control systems similar to this wastewater treatment apparatus. (Wikimedia) Technology USB-based malware is a growing concern for industrial firms, new Honeywell findings show
The hacking tools could be bad news for industrial systems.
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(Flickr / CC0) Government North Korean hackers are stepping up their ransomware game, Kaspersky finds
In recent months government hackers from North Korea have been turning to deploying their own ransomware, according to Kaspersky research.
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European Union flags in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. (Getty Images) Geopolitics EU sanctions Russian intelligence, Chinese nationals and a North Korean front company for alleged hacks
It’s the first restrictive measure out of the EU in connection with cyber activities.