Hackers from North Korea tries to "Steal Bitcoins"

Latest Hacking News: According to a Report by SecureWorks: A cybersecurity company based in the United States. It is believed that a group of hackers named Lazarus Group is carrying out spearphishing attacks against people working in the cryptocurrency sector to steal Bitcoin.

Well, there are many ways people try to encrypt the bitcoins of your machine. But there seems to be another way to make people a billionaire Bitcoin. But it involves stealing the cryptocurrency.

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The attacks are tried by an e-mail. Attracts victims for a CFO job with a cryptocurrency company based in Europe. A malicious Word file is included in emails. It requires the victim to authorize the editing permission. In the background, it installs a Trojan to control the machine remotely.

The Lazarus group is connected with the Government of North Korea. The researchers linked the group's chains. Internally tracked as NICKEL ACADEMY, to the attacks of the past. These involved a robbery of $81 million in the bank of Bangladesh. Also, the cyber attack on Sony's Hollywood studio in 2014.

Researchers at the security firm have found, North Korea is interested in bitcoins since 2013. At that time, multiple usernames from a North Korean IP address were doing research on Bitcoins. Also, by hiding behind proxy servers. Unfortunately, proxy servers have failed, revealing the true source IP.

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It was October 25th, when it became known that the most recent attacks occurred. But SecureWorks observed similar activities in 2016. The company believes the spearphishing campaign is ongoing and will give a better idea of the state in the future.