Coreia do Norte está usando empresas de fachada para roubar criptomoedas - CyberScoop: North Korean government-backed hackers are targeting cryptocurrency exchanges to try to steal financial resources as Pyongyang searches for ways to fund its regime, two researchers discovered within the past week. Lazarus Group, also known as APT38, has carried out hacks against central banks and exploited monetary exchanges as part of an effort to boost Kim Jong-un’s financial and military goals. The United Nations revealed in August North Korea had gained approximately $2 billion from hacking banks and cryptocurrency companies. This time, they’re using a front company to do it. Researchers Patrick Wardle, the principal security researcher at Jamf, and MalwareHunterTeam, of IDRansomware, a group that aims to help provide guidance on ransomware, found malware affecting Mac and Windows operating systems that installs a backdoor Trojan on victim machines, allowing hackers to gain control of infected targets. The malware asks for administrative privileges during installation, then communicates with a command-and-control server, and can receive instructions from the hackers to run certain tasks, …
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