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Beware the fake crypto scammers.
Advanced persistent threat groups affiliated with nation-states are hot hacking news right now. The FBI has just confirmed a $10 million reward for information about individuals belonging to the Chinese Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage group. But China isn’t the only player in the state-hacking game; a new report suggests that North Korea and, potentially, Russia could have joined forces in a new and highly dangerous fake crypto security threat. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Fake Crypto State-Hacker Threat
When it comes to crypto and matters of cybersecurity, there are generally two things that spring immediately to mind: ransomware payments and cryptocurrency theft. Perhaps the best-known types of the latter involve cryptojacking attacks, such as the recent MassJacker malware that resulted in a be careful what you search for warning.
According to an April 24 report from Silent Push, one nation-state-affiliated group, Contagious Interview, is behind a campaign using three separate fake cryptocurrency consulting companies to distribute three malware families to unsuspecting victims.
The malware trio will, ultimately, perform the same task: install infostealers to harvest system information, including browser data, passwords, and files, as well as silently drop remote access software onto the device for persistent access. Oh yes, and there’s a tool to connect to cryptocurrency wallets as well. Worried yet? You should be, so take note of what is known about the campaign.
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