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North Korean Group Targets Security Researchers

North Korean Group Targets Security Researchers
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Microsoft Offers Details on Hack of Vulnerability Researchers

The Hackers
Microsoft says it started tracking the campaign by this North Korean-linked group in mid-2020. The hackers started by building a reputation in the security research community through Twitter by retweeting and posting high-quality security content and other material related to exploit research.
The hackers controlled other social media accounts and used these to amplify the other posts, Microsoft says.
After building their reputation, the hackers started approaching potential targets on Twitter and LinkedIn, according to Microsoft. The conversations were often seemingly innocuous, asking security questions or talking about exploit techniques, the company says.
Attack Techniques
Once the hackers contacted researchers about working on a project, they shared Microsoft s Visual Studio integrated development environment tool. That tool included source code for exploiting a vulnerability, as well as an additional Dynamic Link Library file that would be e ....

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Vulnerability Researchers Hit by North Korean Hackers

Vulnerability Researchers Hit by North Korean Hackers
News Highlights: Vulnerability Researchers Hit by North Korean Hackers.
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Google warns that social engineering attacks have left researchers’ systems behind
Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 26, 2021
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Tweets used by attackers to demonstrate previous “exploits” they discovered (source: Google)
North Korean hackers have “targeted security researchers working on researching and developing vulnerabilities at various companies and organizations” to trick them into installing backdoor software, Google warns Threat Analysis Group.
The group’s blog post on Monday describes what it says as a month-long attack campaign that has already claimed multiple victims. ....

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