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North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies

Malwarebytes

These days, financial cybercrimes often involve Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Spearphishing is a targeted form of phishing that’s directed at and addresed to specific individuals.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Denial-of-Suez attack. — thaddeus e.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2021

SecureList

All of these documents were blank, suggesting the existence of precursor documents – possibly delivered by means of spear-phishing or a previous infection – that trigger the download of the RTF files. By hiding the truth and not communicating with us, what happened will be published on social media and yet in news websites.