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North Korean Cryptocurrency Theft Relies on Social Engineering

A North Korean threat actor being called “BlueNoroff,” a subunit of Pyongyang’s Lazarus Group, has been targeting cryptocurrency startups with financially motivated attacks, researchers at Kaspersky have found. The campaign, “SnatchCrypto,” is using malicious documents to gain access to internal communications, then using social engineering to manipulate employees.

originally published onhttps://blog.knowbe4.com/north-korean-cryptocurrency-theft-relies-on-social-engineering

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