Los piratas informáticos vinculados al disfraz de Lazarus Group como capitalistas de riesgo en un nuevo esquema

• Los piratas informáticos de Corea del Norte, incluido el Grupo Lazarus, han asaltado las empresas de cifrado desde 2017.
• Lazarus ha sido el autor intelectual de varios ataques, incluido el pirateo de $600-million Ronin Bridge.
• Los expertos en seguridad esperan que los piratas informáticos continúen sus incursiones contra las empresas de cifrado en 2023.

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Según un reciente reporte from the cybersecurity company Kaspersky, BlueNoroff, a cybercrime group connected to the North Korean government-sponsored Lazarus Group, has innovado its fraudulent acts to include disguising itself as venture capitalists looking to invest in cryptocurrency startups. The group seems keen on attacking crypto firms and banks.

According to Kaspersky, the criminal organization is investigating new ways to spread its malware after experiencing a lull for the majority of the year. BlueNoroff reportedly set up more than 70 phony websites that imitate banks and venture capital businesses. The majority of the fraud sites pretended to be reputable Japanese firms, while some also claimed to be American and Vietnamese businesses.

#AzulNoroff robó millones en #cripto, but how did they do it? 💰

Revisar la #APT group's new #malware strains 👉 https://t.co/NK6Yt0HQ6S pic.twitter.com/3VudIbu3jU

— Kaspersky (@kaspersky) 27 de diciembre de 2022

Kaspersky claims that BlueNoroff is employing malware to attack businesses involved in blockchain, smart contracts, DeFi, and the FinTech sector. According to Kaspersky, BlueNoroff also uses malware to get beyond Windows’ Mark-of-the-Web (MOTW) protection, which provides an alert when users attempt to view a file downloaded from the web.

Aunque la saga Bankman-Fried ha ocupado un lugar central, los hackeos criptográficos y los delitos cibernéticos siguen siendo una gran preocupación. Los piratas informáticos han perdido miles de millones solo en 2022, y los expertos en seguridad predicen que los piratas informáticos continuarán con sus actividades el próximo año. Según el investigador Seongsu Park,

The coming year will be marked by the cyber epidemics with the biggest impact, the strength of which has been never seen before. […] On the threshold of new malicious campaigns, businesses must be more secure than ever.

BlueNoroff received widespread attention after raiding the Bangladeshi central bank in 2016. Several US security bodies have noted that the group alongside Lazarus poses a huge threat to businesses and organizations. Cyber attackers from North Korea linked to the Lazarus Group have launched several attacks on crypto firms, including the $600-million Ronin Bridge hack.

North Korean hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth over $1.2 billion since 2017. The Lazarus Group conducted two distinct phishing scams in September that were directed at Coinbase and Crypto.com job seekers. One of the campaigns enticed job seekers to download a PDF listing Crypto.com’s open positions. However, the file simply installed a Trojan horse to steal sensitive data.

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