Campanha de phishing com vínculos com a Coreia do Norte visa usuários de NFT

• Especialistas em segurança na Coreia do Sul afirmam que a Coreia do Norte apóia hackers enquanto tenta arrecadar mais fundos após as sanções à sua economia.

• Os hackers saquearam mais de $1 bilhão de projetos de criptografia apenas em 2022.

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Crypto analysts and researchers have descoberto uma campanha de phishing de hackers com laços com a Coreia do Norte que ataca os usuários de NFT que compram tokens em mercados populares como OpenSea, X2Y2 e Rarible. De acordo com as descobertas, os usuários compram NFTs supostamente legítimos nessas plataformas e são redirecionados para sites fraudulentos para concluir o processo de cunhagem.

However, these websites tried to collect vital data from the minting process, including IP addresses, and authorizations. Users were allegedly tricked into performing authorizing actions such as sending their Seaport signature, which is required to confirm NFT contracts created on OpenSea.

The scam initiative has allegedly been going on for some months. Researchers claim that there are over 500 domains operating these kinds of “malicious mints”. The early domains were reportedly created earlier this year. Additionally, the large bulk of these domains shared the same IP address and earned the hackers a profit of $366,000.

Os hackers têm inventado various schemes this year, and North Korea has been traced to some of the biggest hacks on crypto platforms this year. South Korea’s main intelligence service noted that cybercriminals with ties to North Korea have robbed about $1.2 billion in the past five years.

North Korea is said to have turned to cybercrime as a means of generating income following U.N. sanctions imposed in 2016 and 2017 as a result of the country’s nuclear program. North Korea has been unable to profit from its resources and seems to have backed hackers to bring in extra income.

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