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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme

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Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme 2026-09-22 at 11:37 By Eduard Kovacs The US, Japan, Germany and Australia have published a joint report detailing the scope of North Korea’s WaterPlum campaign. The post Japan Dismantles First North Korean Laptop Farm as US and Allies Detail Wider Scheme […]

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Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls

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Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls 2026-09-21 at 14:57 By Eduard Kovacs 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. The post Rust Team Members and Popular Crate Owners Targeted via Video Calls […]

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North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit

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North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit 2026-09-07 at 15:12 By Ionut Arghire The stealthy toolkit embeds a backdoor in HAProxy and targets automotive and media organizations in South Korea for long-term surveillance. The post North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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North Korean remote workers are broadening their job hunt beyond IT

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North Korean remote workers are broadening their job hunt beyond IT 2026-08-28 at 14:16 By Sinisa Markovic North Korean (DPRK) remote workers are expanding their job searches beyond IT, according to Huntress. Recent investigations have identified suspected DPRK workers employed in sales and marketing and the medical profession. “DPRK workers present a unique detection challenge […]

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Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers

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Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers 2026-08-21 at 12:23 By Ionut Arghire Hackers pushed a poisoned arrayref version that added a dependency to fetch a malicious payload from a remote server. The post Rust Supply Chain Attack Linked to North Korean Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Lazarus hackers pair fake job offers with Windows zero-day exploit

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Lazarus hackers pair fake job offers with Windows zero-day exploit 2026-08-12 at 14:48 By Sinisa Markovic The North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using fake job offers, trojanized PDF software and a Windows zero-day in attacks aimed primarily at the defense sector, Check Point researchers have found. The activity is part of Operation Dream Job, a […]

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Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks

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Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks 2026-08-12 at 11:45 By Ionut Arghire The bug allowed attackers to gain full control of the victims’ systems and deploy the ForestTiger backdoor. The post Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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North Korean Hackers Target Open Source Developers in Supply Chain Attacks 

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North Korean Hackers Target Open Source Developers in Supply Chain Attacks  2026-07-06 at 16:11 By Ionut Arghire The PolinRider campaign has compromised more than 100 legitimate open source packages and repositories to deliver a backdoor and information stealer to developers. The post North Korean Hackers Target Open Source Developers in Supply Chain Attacks  appeared first […]

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North Korean Hackers Blamed for Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack

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North Korean Hackers Blamed for Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack 2026-06-22 at 14:10 By Ionut Arghire A malicious dependency the attackers added to over 140 Mastra packages fetches a payload targeting cryptocurrency extensions. The post North Korean Hackers Blamed for Mastra NPM Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Oil shipments, drone makers, and a poisoned code library targeted in recent APT campaigns

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Oil shipments, drone makers, and a poisoned code library targeted in recent APT campaigns 2026-05-28 at 12:42 By Sinisa Markovic Geopolitical pressure drove much of the state-sponsored cyber activity recorded between October 2025 and March 2026, according to ESET’s latest APT Activity Report. Espionage groups aligned with China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran adjusted their […]

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Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison

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Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison 2026-05-08 at 12:40 By Sinisa Markovic Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating “laptop farms” that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at nearly 70 American companies, generating more than $1.2 million for Pyongyang’s government. Although […]

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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China

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North Korean hackers trojanize gaming platform to spy on ethnic Koreans in China 2026-05-05 at 13:21 By Sinisa Markovic A gaming platform built for ethnic Koreans in China has been serving backdoored Windows and Android software to its users since late 2024. The platform, sqgame[.]net, hosts traditional card and board games for a community that […]

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AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs

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AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs 2026-04-24 at 08:40 By Mirko Zorz Im this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over three years. Cyber has become a core instrument of state power, integrated with military, economic, and diplomatic tools. […]

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With AI’s help, North Korean hackers stumbled into a near-undetectable attack

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With AI’s help, North Korean hackers stumbled into a near-undetectable attack 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Zeljka Zorz For many years, state-sponsored hacking was defined by human expertise in finding security holes, writing malware and exploits, pulling off social engineering and phishing attacks, and much more. Since the advent of LLM-powered AI assistants and tools, less […]

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North Korean Hackers Use AppleScript, ClickFix in Fresh macOS Attacks

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North Korean Hackers Use AppleScript, ClickFix in Fresh macOS Attacks 2026-04-22 at 14:47 By Ionut Arghire The campaigns focus on financial organizations, including cryptocurrency, venture capital, and blockchain entities. The post North Korean Hackers Use AppleScript, ClickFix in Fresh macOS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea

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$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Ionut Arghire The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure.   The post $290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]

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Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US

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Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US 2026-04-17 at 14:32 By Ionut Arghire Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang compromised the identities of dozens of US persons to help land jobs at over 100 companies. The post Two North Korean IT Worker Scheme Facilitators Jailed in the US appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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Two US nationals jailed over scheme that generated $5 million for the North Korean regime

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Two US nationals jailed over scheme that generated $5 million for the North Korean regime 2026-04-16 at 13:07 By Sinisa Markovic Two US nationals have been sentenced for their role in a scheme that placed North Korean IT workers inside American companies under false identities. Over several years, the operation used stolen identities from at […]

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OpenAI Impacted by North Korea-Linked Axios Supply Chain Hack

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OpenAI Impacted by North Korea-Linked Axios Supply Chain Hack 2026-04-13 at 15:44 By Eduard Kovacs The AI giant is taking action after determining that a macOS code signing certificate may have been compromised. The post OpenAI Impacted by North Korea-Linked Axios Supply Chain Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek […]

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