Des pirates liés au groupe Lazarus se déguisent en capital-risqueurs dans un nouveau schéma

• Les pirates nord-coréens, dont le groupe Lazarus, ont attaqué des entreprises de cryptographie depuis 2017.
• Lazarus a orchestré plusieurs attaques, dont le piratage du pont Ronin $600 millions.
• Les experts en sécurité s'attendent à ce que les pirates poursuivent leurs raids contre les entreprises de cryptographie en 2023.

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Selon un récent rapport from the cybersecurity company Kaspersky, BlueNoroff, a cybercrime group connected to the North Korean government-sponsored Lazarus Group, has innové 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.

#BleuNoroff volé des millions en #crypto, but how did they do it? 💰

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

– Kaspersky (@kaspersky) 27 décembre 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.

Bien que la saga Bankman-Fried ait occupé le devant de la scène, les piratages cryptographiques et les cybercrimes restent une préoccupation majeure. Des milliards ont été perdus par les pirates en 2022 seulement, et les experts en sécurité prédisent que les pirates poursuivront leurs activités au cours de l'année à venir. Selon le chercheur 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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