On December 8, 2019 by Océane
The famous group of hackers the north Korean Lazarus would be the source of a malware that would target mainly the operating system MacOS .
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Malware linked to North Korea
Hosted on the website ” unioncrypto.vip “, the malicious software has been updated by the researcher Dinesh Devadoss and presents itself as a platform of storage of crypto-currencies from its users. However, there is no direct download link on the internet site in question. The software has been secretly hidden in the file ” UnionCryptoTrader “.
The MacOS are rarely able to transfer data via a device away . However, those hackers from north korea have been refined to allow this typical activity , while making it difficult to detect the malicious software as well as monitoring of transactions.
Based on the analysis of Patrick Wardle, a security researcher, this improved version has several points in common with certain malware that MalwareHunterTeam had discovered in the past.
North Korea advance in the master of crypto-currencies
Many cases of fraud and scams related to virtual currencies reported by the media in recent times have caused a great mistrust of the rest of the world vis-à-vis North Korea.
U.s. prosecutors have announced the arrest of Virgil Griffith at the end of November. It would have provided valuable information on the use of technology, Blockchain and crypto-currencies to North Korea so that it could be used to circumvent the economic sanctions which weigh against it.
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has challenged this arrest and supported the release of Griffith through an online petition. Yet, the guilt of the suspect has not been waived, given the ambitions condemning North Korea’s confirmed.
According to the sanctions Committee of the United Nations, the north Korean government uses an enterprise of crypto-currencies based in Hong Kong to launder illegal funds.
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