Tag: North Korea
Hackers Target Popular arrayref Rust Crate in Supply-Chain Attack
Jeff Burt | | arrayref, information stealing, North Korea, Rust programming language, software supply chain attacks, StepSecurity, typosquatting, Wiz ResearchSecurity researchers are sorting through a complex, stealthy, and fast-moving supply-chain attack aimed at pushing information-stealing malware by compromising the account of the maintainer of multiple Rust crates and introducing four more ...
N. Korea Group Behind Multiple Open Source Supply-Chain Attacks: Amazon
Jeff Burt | | Amazon, Axios, chalk package, Contagious Interview, generative AI, google, malicious npm packages, microsoft, North Korea, open source libraries, software supply chain attacks, typo-crypto, WizAmazon’s recent report attributing a series of compromises of open source software libraries to a North Korea-backed threat group encapsulates many of the expanding cyber risks increasingly facing developers, from the growing ...
North Korea Expands the Reach of PolinRider Supply Chain Attack Campaign
Jeff Burt | | AI supply chain attacks, APT37, Chrome Store, Contagious Interview, devops, devsecops, Famous Chollima, Go modules, Lazarus Group, malicious npm packages, North Korea, package registry malware, Packagist, PolinRider, Rescana, Socket, supply chainThe North Korean-sponsored threat groups behind the long-running fake interview scams targeting developers are expanding the PolinRider supply chain campaign that has escalated over the past several months. Reports from cybersecurity vendors ...
North Korean Hackers Suspected in Supply Chain Attack on Popular Axios Project
Jeff Burt | | Axios, CI/CD, Google Threat Intelligence Group, JavaScript dependencies, Mandiant, North Korea, remote access trojan (RAT), Socket, sonatype, supply chain attack, TeamPCPThe threat actor targeted a highly popular open source project with more than 100 million weekly downloads, creating a large "blast radius." ...
N. Korea Contagious Interview Campaign Turns to VS Code to Deliver Backdoor
Jeff Burt | | backdoors, Contagious Interview, Git repositories, github, information stealing, Jamf, North Korea, remote code executionJamf security researchers said state-sponsored espionage actors are using malicious VS Code projects to steal information ...
North Korean Bad Actor’s Fake Job Offer Scam Targets Developers
Freelance developers around the world are being targeted by North Korean bad actors posing as job recruiters who as part of the fake application process entice them to run software jobs that ...
North Korea’s Lazarus Group Targets Developers, Supply Chain
North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group is using an advanced malicious implant to target cryptocurrency wallets and spreading it via legitimate GitHub profile and possibly through npm packages. The ongoing campaign, dubbed Operation Marstech ...
