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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets defense industry with ThreatNeedle backdoor

Security Affairs

The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.” ” reads the press release published by Kaspersky. ” reads the report published by the experts.

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How to spot the signs of a virtual kidnap scam

Malwarebytes

You can reach back to 2007 and look in amazement at the 419 death threat. We see criminals gravitating to digital payment systems, cryptocurrencies, and even gift cards across most realms of attack. 2 factor authentication and password managers are good places to start. These tactics have been around for a very long time.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

One afternoon in 2007, a container loaded with drug ecstasy went missing from a port in Melbourne, Australia. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. If you want nothing to connect back to you choose an entirely new set of passwords. For that you're going to need cryptocurrency. This is cryptocurrency laundering.

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