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North Korean Lazarus Hacker Group Taps LinkedIn in Targeted Crypto Theft

As per the latest reports, North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group is using professional social media platforms like LinkedIn to target users and steal their crypto assets via Malware infusion. SlowMist, the popular blockchain security analytic firm was the first to report revealing that hackers at the Lazarus Group are pretending to search for jobs as blockchain developers in the crypto industry.

As per SlowMist, these hackers stole confidential employee information after getting inviting access to their repository for running the relevant code. The code snippets executed by the hacker contain malicious commands designed to illicitly acquire confidential data and assets.

Leveraging the LinkedIn platform for targeted attacks is not a new method. Last year in December 2023, the Lazarus Group used a similar tactic while posing as a fake Meta recruiter.

After establishing contact with the victim on LinkedIn, the hacker group requested the applicants to “download” two coding challenges as part of their hiring process. These two coding files basically had the malware which after running through the computer allowed the release of a Trojan that facilitat...