North Korean hackers are at it again — phishing scheme targets hundreds of workers to try and steal crypto and…
- UNK_DeadDrop targets developers with email‑based fake job lures
- Campaign mirrors Lazarus tactics but uses new self‑contained payloads
- Proofpoint says shift to mass phishing shows industrialized NK ops
Lazarus is not the only North Korean threat actor that is luring software developers with fake jobs - there is also a hacking group called UNK_DeadDrop now doing a similar thing, but with notable differences.
Security researchers at Proofpoint published an in-depth report looking into an ongoing campaign not unlike the Contagious Interview one.
For those unaware of Contagious Interview, it is one of two major Lazarus campaigns, the second one being Operation DreamJob. The crooks would fake everything - a company, its employees, as well as projects, and then go to LinkedIn for a “hiring spree.” They would reach out to software developers working in high-profile AI and Web 3 organizations and would offer high-paying jobs and a chance to work on...
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