Researchers said that two companies-Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC-were registered with hackers in the American states of New Mexico and New York. The third organization associated with them, Angeloper Agency, was not registered in the United States. Fictive companies stood a division of Lazarus – Contagious Interview. Firms needed hackers to “cover” the malicious software that they distributed during interviews with applicants for work in the crypto industry.
To create the appearance of a legal company, attackers used artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake profiles of non -existent employees in the Linkedin business social network, and also published vacancies. In the process of interviews, applicants were convinced to establish a program, the so -called tool for applying for a job. However, after its “unpacking”, the hackers managed to take possession of the personal accounting data of users and gain access to their cryptoadress.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has already eliminated the Blocknovas domain. He was removed as part of law enforcement officers against North Korean cybercriminals who used this domain to deceive people.
“This is a rare example of how the North Korean hackers managed to create legal entities in the United States for corporate covers. Attacks were made on applicants who did not even suspect deception, ”said Kasey Best (Kasey Best).
One of the most high -profile attacks made by Lazarus hackers was Bybit’s hacking, which lost 400,000 ETH ($ 1.4 billion). In 2021, hackers attacked Ronin Network, Axie Infinity Games developed by Sky Mavis. The data of the employee of Sky Mavis, who responded to a fake proposal about work, were also compromised. This allowed the Lazarus hackers to steal from Ronin Network the ethers and USDC stabilcoins in the amount of $ 625 million.
Source: Bits
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