Binance’s first incident report traces the record theft to a months-long campaign that compromised three engineers’ computers.
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North Korea Launches Missiles Toward the Sea as Pyongyang Protests Against US Claims on Binance Hack
In recent months, North Korea has accelerated its weapons tests in a likely bid to increase its leverage in potential diplomacy with the US.
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$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor
Blockchain analysts link the record crypto theft to North Korean hackers, as Binance probes a possibly compromised engineer laptop.
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US Arrests Two in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Laptop Farms
Investigators stormed 40 locations in Texas and seized 187 laptops used by North Korean IT workers to hide their location.
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North Korea Suspected in $351 Million Bitget Crypto Heist
Bitget’s security systems caught the unauthorized transfers on September 24, and some wallet addresses linked to the attacker have been frozen.
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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme
The US, Japan, Germany and Australia have published a joint report detailing the scope of North Korea’s WaterPlum campaign.
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Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls
It’s unclear if the attacks are part of previous campaigns against Rust, but the techniques used by the attackers match those used by North Korea.
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North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit
The stealthy toolkit embeds a backdoor in HAProxy and targets automotive and media organizations in South Korea for long-term surveillance.
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Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers
Hackers pushed a poisoned arrayref version that added a dependency to fetch a malicious payload from a remote server.
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Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks
The bug allowed attackers to gain full control of the victims’ systems and deploy the ForestTiger backdoor.
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