- Lazarus APT, the North Korea-backed hacker group, has sophisticated malware which can attack both Windows and Mac platforms.
- Kaspersky concluded that crypto businesses need to take extra caution.
Russian computer security company, Kaspersky Lab, warned that the infamous hacker group Lazarus APT is continuously targeting cryptocurrency exchanges. Kaspersky stated that the North Korea-backed hacker group is constantly evolving its tactics to outsmart exchanges:
“Financial gain remains one of the main goals for Lazarus, with its tactics, techniques, and procedures constantly evolving to avoid detection.”
Kaspersky also stated that Lazarus has sophisticated malware which can attack both Windows and Mac platforms:
“In the middle of 2018, we published our Operation Applejeus research, which highlighted Lazarus’s focus on cryptocurrency exchanges utilizing a fake company with a backdoored product aimed at cryptocurrency businesses. One of the key findings was the group’s new ability to target macOS. Since then Lazarus has been busy expanding its operations for the platform.”
Kaspersky concluded by advising crypto businesses to take extra caution:
“If you’re part of the booming cryptocurrency or technological startup industry, exercise extra caution when dealing with new third parties or installing software on your systems [“¦] And never ‘Enable Content’ (macro scripting) in Microsoft Office documents received from new or untrusted sources.”
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