North Korea hackers are promoting efforts to infiltrate cryptocurrency companies by posting while its workers, raising fresh security concerns for the industry, according to Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and a team of etiquette hackers.
Cz sound The alarm Thursday in X about the growing threat of North Korea hackers who seek to infiltrate crypto companies through working opportunities and even bribes of exchange staff for data access.
“They put as job candidates to try to get jobs in your company. It gives them a” foot on the door, “specifically for working opportunities related to development, security and finances, CZ said.
“They have poses as employers and are trying to interview/offer your employees. During the interview, they will be a problem with Zoom and they will send your employee a link to a” update “, containing the virus that will take your employee’s device.”
Other North Korea agents provide employees with Coding questions to send them a malicious “sample code” later, pose as users to send malicious links to customer support, or even “bribe your employees, outsourced vendors for accessing data,” Zhao said.
“On all crypto platforms, train your employees not to download files, and carefully screen your candidates,” he added.
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Warning follows similar concerns from Coinbase, which reported a new wave of threats Last month.
In response, CEO of Coinbase Brian Armstrong introduced new security measures, including assigning all workers to receive personal training in the US, while people with access to sensitive systems are required to handle US citizenship and submit to fingerprinting.
“We can cooperate with law enforcement (…) but it feels like there are 500 new people ending every quarter, from some kind of school they have, and that’s their whole job,” Armstrong told Cheeky Pint Podcast host John Collins.
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UNCRoves Security Allianves 60 North Korean Hackers impersonating it workers
Zhao’s warning came as a group of ethical hackers called the Security Alliance (SEAL) that combined profiles of at least 60 North Korean agents arising as workers under fake names seeking to enter US crypto exchanges and steal sensitive user data.
“North Korea developers are eager to work for your company, but it’s important not to be cheated by cheat when hire,” the Security Alliance said on a Wednesday X PostSharing its new storage for North Korea impersonators.
The storage contains basic information to North Korean impersonators, including aliases, fake names and emails used, including websites, both real and fake citizens, addresses, locations and number of companies that hire them.
Salary details, GitHub profiles and all other public associations are also included for each impersonator.
In June, four North Korea operatives entered many crypto companies as those who developed freelance, stealing a combined $ 900,000 from these Startups, which describe the growing threat, the cointelegraph reported.
The white hat The team was formed to combat these exploits, led by White Hat Hacker and Paradigm Researcher Samczsun. The SEAL conducted more than 900 investigations associated with the hack over its one year of launch, describing the growing demand for ethical hackers, Cointelegraph reported in August 2024.
North Korea hackers such as Malot Lazarus group are the main suspects behind some of the most devastating cryptocurrency heists, including $ 1.4 billion bybit hackThe largest industry to this day.
Throughout 2024, North Korea hackers steal more than $ 1.34 billion worth of digital assets throughout 47 incidents, an increase of 102% from $ 660 million stolen in 2023, According to in chainalysis data.
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