A 48-year-old woman from Arizona has pleaded guilty to charges related to a criminal scheme which saw North Korean IT workers employed remotely by hundreds of US companies. Christian Marie Chapman, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, is said to have helped generate over US $17 million for North Korea after over 300 US companies unwittingly hired … Read more
A wave of controversies has erupted between the two rival parties in South Korea following a recommendation on Tuesday by a main opposition lawmaker suggesting that US President Donald Trump be considered a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. According to the party’s senior spokesperson, Jo Seoung-lae, lawmaker Park Sun-won of the main opposition Democratic … Read more
Police stand guard at the residence of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on January 3, 2025. JUNG YEON-JE / AFP South Korean investigators entered the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and began executing a warrant for his arrest Friday, January 3, over his failed martial law bid, the first … Read more
Dec 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cyber Espionage North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign have been observed dropping a new JavaScript malware called OtterCookie. Contagious Interview (aka DeceptiveDevelopment) refers to a persistent attack campaign that employs social engineering lures, with the hacking crew often posing as recruiters to trick individuals looking for … Read more
Threat actors associated with the notorious North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus Group are now setting their sites on targets in the nuclear power sector, according to researchers with Kaspersky. The cybersecurity vendor reports that the hacking group has been seeking to compromise nuclear organizations as part of an effort to step up its game and … Read more
