One of the methods used by the North
Korean hacking group was Spear Phishing, the FireEye report stated, which targeted individual cryptocurrency users with highly sophisticated phishing attacks and malware.
US cybersecurity firm has just released reports that link the hacking of main cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, to Lazarus, a North
Korean hacking group.
Many private companies along with some of the largest governments in the world have stated that the North
Korean hacking group is to blame for these attacks, and it seems more than likely.
The North
Korean hacking group, dubbed Lazarus, has been quite active in cyber criminal activity for the past few years.
Not exact matches
Recorded Future, a cybersecurity firm, published an analysis Tuesday laying out evidence that North
Korean hackers — the same
group, known as Lazarus, blamed for the infamous
hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 — were systematically targeting and plundering South
Korean cryptocurrency exchanges.
Neither attack was particularly sophisticated, but South
Korean authorities said North Korea was to blame, even though «hacktivist»
groups - online activists who
hack high - profile targets in order to spread political messages - first appeared to claim responsibility.
One example is «Darkhotel,» the
Korean - speaking
hacking group that targeted countless business executives via hotel Wi - Fi from 2010 to 2015.
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One of those
groups is reportedly a
hacking group working on behalf of North Korea which stole Monero from a South
Korean company last summer.
It is suspected the
hacking group has seized other South
Korean based servers to mine cryptocurrencies in the past.
Notorious North
Korean hacking outfit Lazarus
Group was behind cyberattacks that targeted South
Korean cryptocurrency exchanges and users...
The effort, led by a
hacking group within the country known as Andariel, reportedly took control of a server belonging a South
Korean company in the summer of 2017 and used it to mine for Monero, a popular cryptocurrency that boasts privacy features that make it nearly impossible to trace the origins of transactions.
Widely believed to be linked to the North
Korean regime, Lazarus
Group has been linked to the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment
hack, the...
Bitcoin theft or better still attempted bitcoin theft is no news since it has been in the system for quite some time now and the latest news with regards to that is a suspected North
Korean cybercrime
group with links to the North
Korean government trying to
hack their way into bitcoin industries with intent to steal credentials.
Security researchers have uncovered a new widespread malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency users, believed to be originated from Lazarus
Group, a state - sponsored hacking group linked to the North Korean govern
Group, a state - sponsored
hacking group linked to the North Korean govern
group linked to the North
Korean government.