Last Updated: 07 April 2021
The United States Government has identified a cryptocurrency malware used by the North Korean government to steal crypto for Pyongyang.
US Agencies Report “AppleJeus” Malware In Detail
A report developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Treasury Department revealed that the crypto-malware called ‘AppleJeus’ was disguised as a legitimate-looking crypto trading software to facilitate cryptocurrency thefts.
First deployed in 2018, AppleJeus has been camouflaged using seven different official-sounding names. The names include Celas Trade Pro, JMT Trading, Union Crypto, Kupay Wallet, CoinGoTrade, Dorusio, and Ants2Whale.
AppleJeus mostly appeared to be from a legitimate cryptocurrency trading company to trick people into downloading it as a third-party application from websites that seemed genuine.
North Korean hackers charged by US in relation to attacks
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North Koreans piloted Bank of Valletta heist with Nigerian social media influencer
North Korean programmers who hacked Sony Entertainment over “The Interview” movie, accused of being behind Bank of Valletta heist in 2019
20 February 2021, 1:31pm
by Matthew Vella
The Nigerian social media influencer behind the multi-million cyberattack on Bank of Valletta in February 2019, was part of a “North Korean-perpetrated cyber-enabled heist from a Maltese bank” according to the United States Department of Justice.
Ramoni Igbalode Abbas, aka “Hushpuppi”, had amassed 2.4 million followers on Instagram flaunting luxury cars, designer clothing, and private jets, when he was accused of having conspired to “launder funds intended to be stolen through fraudulent wire transfers from a foreign financial institution, in which fraudulent wire transfers, totalling approximately €13 million were sent to bank accounts around the world in February 2019.”