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North Korean hackers are increasingly bypassing high-tech security barriers by weaponizing artificial intelligence to manipulate the employees behind the code. Zerion, a popular crypto wallet provider, confirmed on Wednesday that a long-term social engineering campaign linked to the DPRK successfully…
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North Korean-linked operators have spent years quietly integrating into crypto firms and DeFi teams, raising fresh concerns about insider risk after a string of high-value exploits tied to the country’s cyber apparatus. Security researcher and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan said…
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on a network accused of helping North Korea generate illicit revenue through overseas information technology workers and cryptocurrency transactions. U.S. blacklists facilitators of DPRK scheme that used crypto to move illicit…
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North Korean threat actors are once again targeting cryptocurrency developers and professionals using live video calls on Zoom to dupe them into installing malware. Hackers based in North Korea are using compromised Telegram accounts and deep fake AI videos to…
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North Korea has spent nearly 30 years developing artificial intelligence capabilities that could accelerate crypto theft operations, according to a report from South Korea’s Institute for National Security Strategy. Researchers discovered Pyongyang is using banned NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2700 graphics…
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Up to one-fifth of all crypto companies may have North Korean workers embedded in their operations, a security expert warned at Devconnect in Buenos Aires. Pablo Sabbatella, who founded web3 audit firm Opsek and serves as a Security Alliance member,…
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In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Strategy’s Michael Saylor rejected speculation about Bitcoin sales while affirming continued accumulation despite price declines. In other developments, the Justice Department secured multiple convictions for assisting North Korean cryptocurrency operations, and Ethereum…
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A new GTIG report reveals that cybercriminals are increasingly using LLMs to make malware smarter, allowing it to rewrite itself in real time and target high-value assets like crypto. A new report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has uncovered a…
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With Washington tightening the screws on North Korea’s crypto-funded nuclear weapons programme, South Korea says it’s open to rethinking its own sanctions playbook. During a recent interview, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Ji-na told local media that “coordination between…
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U.S. Treasury aims to cripple the North Korea's ability to convert crypto heists into usable currency for its weapons programs.
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North Korea relies on state-backed hacking groups like Lazarus to finance its military, with stolen crypto accounting for nearly a third of its foreign currency earnings and providing a steady, illicit cash flow immune to traditional sanctions. Editor’s note: This…
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On-chain sleuth ZachXBT claims that North Korean IT workers are responsible for at least 25 incidents of hacking and ransomware exploitations related to companies in the crypto industry. In a post responding to Amjad Masad, CEO of AI coding platform…
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Changpeng Zhao warns the crypto community of disguised North Korean hackers and how they infiltrate top crypto companies, whether it be through their employees or even as users seeking help. What are their top methods? In his recent post, Changpeng…
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U.S. Treasury targets a global network laundering crypto to fund North Korea's weapons programs, sanctioning key individuals and companies.
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North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group has been blamed for a $22.8 million crypto heist that crippled UK-registered exchange Lykke, forcing its shutdown and triggering investor lawsuits. The British Treasury’s sanctions office linked the state-backed hackers to thefts of Bitcoin, Ethereum,…
