Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes https://www.byteseu.com/1176954/ #andariel #Conflicts #LazarusGroup #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanItWorkers #Russia #Sanctions #TreasuryDepartment
Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes https://www.byteseu.com/1176954/ #andariel #Conflicts #LazarusGroup #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanItWorkers #Russia #Sanctions #TreasuryDepartment
making money laundering great again (Tornado Cash is a crypto thing built for and very popular with money launderers like North Korea and #Russia, who use it to anonymize their on chain activity. the howler monkeys on the 5th circuit declared the sanctions against it to be unconstitutional a few months ago and then the #Trump administration dropped the sanctions that prohibited people from using the service).
the TORN token, which is literally an investment in the success of a money laundering enterprise, spiked on the news.
Lazarus Group Launders $1.95M in Stolen Ethereum via Tornado Cash - Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has identified hackers tied to North Korea’s Lazar... - https://news.bitcoin.com/lazarus-group-launders-1-95m-in-stolen-ethereum-via-tornado-cash/ #ethereum(eth) #lazarusgroup #cryptonews #northkorea #bearish
Uncovered: Lazarus Group's #APT38 uses Cosmic Rust malware to target macOS devices, linking back to known C&C servers. This highlights ongoing threats from North Korean hackers involved in global financial attacks. #LazarusGroup #Korea https://www.hendryadrian.com/apt38-infrastructure-hunt-uncovers-macos-malware/
BitoPro’s $11M crypto heist exposes a shocking vulnerability—state-sponsored hackers exploited a routine update to breach hot wallets. Could your digital assets be next? Dive into how this wake-up call is reshaping crypto security.
https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/bitopro-cyberattack-a-wake-up-call-for-cryptocurrency-security/
#bitopro
#cryptocurrencysecurity
#lazarusgroup
#cyberattack
#blockchainsecurity
some hot goss about Lazarus Group's money laundering activity from the PRC's contracted blockchain analysts (who are actually some of the best in the biz)
The WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 is a case study in cybersecurity history as one of the most devastating weaponized exploits orchestrated by a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group. Here is how it happened.
BitMEX Uncovers Security Flaws in North Korea’s Lazarus Group Operations - Key Takeaways:
BitMEX uncovered major security flaws in North Korea’s Lazarus Group.
A ... - https://cryptonews.com/news/bitmex-uncovers-security-flaws-in-north-koreas-lazarus-group-operations/ #lazarusgroup #altcoinnews #northkorea #bitmex
BitMEX Thwarts Lazarus Group Social Engineering Attack
#BitMEX #cybersecurity #hacking #LazarusGroup #NorthKorea
https://blazetrends.com/bitmex-thwarts-lazarus-group-social-engineering-attack/?fsp_sid=41819
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams – Source: krebsonsecurity.com https://ciso2ciso.com/u-s-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams-source-krebsonsecurity-com/ #StarkIndustriresSolutionsLtd #infrastructurelaundering #rssfeedpostgeneratorecho #CyberSecurityNews #ALittleSunshine #KrebsonSecurity #KrebsOnSecurity #NeerDoWellNews #IvanNeculiti #LazarusGroup #SuncityGroup #YuriNeculiti #ZachEdwards #SilentPush #WebFraud20
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/u-s-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams/ #StarkIndustriresSolutionsLtd #infrastructurelaundering #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #ALittleSunshine #IvanNeculiti #LazarusGroup #SuncityGroup #YuriNeculiti #WebFraud2.0 #ZachEdwards #SilentPush #microsoft #Funnull #Amazon
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams - Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead.
The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/u-s-sanctions-cloud-provider-funnull-as-top-source-of-pig-butchering-scams/ #starkindustriressolutionsltd #infrastructurelaundering #neer-do-wellnews #alittlesunshine #ivanneculiti #lazarusgroup #suncitygroup #yurineculiti #webfraud2.0 #zachedwards #silentpush #microsoft #funnull #amazon
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
#StarkIndustriresSolutionsLtd #infrastructurelaundering #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #ALittleSunshine #IvanNeculiti #LazarusGroup #SuncityGroup #YuriNeculiti #WebFraud2.0 #ZachEdwards #SilentPush #microsoft #Funnull #Amazon
i feel like there must be some linguistic reason these Chinese organized crime crypto money laundering companies always use the word "guarantee" in their names.
* Elliptic report: https://www.elliptic.co/blog/xinbi-guarantee
* Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/xinbi-guarantee-crypto-scam-hub/
Also worth noting that Jacob Silverman and James Block (Dirty Bubble Media) were reporting on some of these Colorado based crypto scam companies a year and a half ago: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/rocky-mountain-lie/
eXch Crackdown: German Police Seize $38M Linked to $1.4B Bybit Hack - German police seized €34 million ($38 million) in crypto from the platform eXch on... - https://cryptonews.com/news/germany-seizes-38m-exch-linked-to-bybit-hack/ #anti-moneylaundering #blockchainnews #lazarusgroup #bybithack #news
good thing the US is gutting beneficial ownership regulations that would make it easier to understand who actually owns US trusts and corporations while simultaneously trashing both crypto enforcement at the DOJ but also more generally cyber defense
"The companies, Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, were set up in the states of #NewMexico and New York using fake personas and addresses."
* Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/north-korean-cyber-spies-created-us-firms-dupe-crypto-developers-2025-04-24/
* Technical details from Silent Push: https://www.silentpush.com/blog/contagious-interview-front-companies/
https://www.europesays.com/2024954/ North Korean hackers used fake crypto firms to deliver malware in job scams #AI #crypto #cryptocurrency #Lazarus #LazarusGroup #malware #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanHackers
https://www.europesays.com/2023902/ North Korean hackers set up fake firms in US to target cryptocurrency developers #AngeloperAgency #Blocknovas #crypto #cryptocurrency #Hacker #intelligence #LazarusGroup #malware #NorthKorea #NorthKorean #OfficeOfForeignAssetsControl #Pyongyang #ReconnaissanceGeneralBureau #SilentPush #Softglide #spy #UnitedNations
#LazarusGroup strikes South Korea—again.
6 major industries breached via watering hole attacks + zero-days in Cross EX & Innorix Agent.
Malware used: ThreatNeedle & more.
#CyberAlerts #Malware #SupplychainsAttacks Supply chains are the target.
https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/lazarus-hits-6-south-korean-firms-via.html
Manta Network Co-Founder Foils Lazarus Group Phishing Attack, Warns of New Scam Tactics
#Blockchainsecurity #cryptocurrencythreat #LazarusGroup #MantaNetwork #phishingattack
https://blazetrends.com/manta-network-co-founder-foils-lazarus-group-phishing-attack-warns-of-new-scam-tactics/?fsp_sid=15247