North Korean Hackers Targeting Developers with Malicious npm Packages

[ad_1] Feb 26, 2024The Hacker NewsSoftware Security / Cryptocurrency A set of fake npm packages discovered on the Node.js repository has been found to share ties with North Korean state-sponsored actors, new findings from Phylum show. The packages are named execution-time-async, data-time-utils, login-time-utils, mongodb-connection-utils, and mongodb-execution-utils. One of the packages in question, execution-time-async, masquerades as…

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New Report Reveals North Korean Hackers Targeting Defense Firms Worldwide

[ad_1] Feb 20, 2024NewsroomHacking / Cyber Espionage North Korean state-sponsored threat actors have been attributed to a cyber espionage campaign targeting the defense sector across the world. In a joint advisory published by Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), the agencies said the goal…

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New macOS Backdoor Threat from North Korean Hackers

[ad_1] Jan 05, 2024NewsroomEndpoint Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Apple macOS backdoor called SpectralBlur that overlaps with a known malware family that has been attributed to North Korean threat actors. “SpectralBlur is a moderately capable backdoor that can upload/download files, run a shell, update its configuration, delete files, hibernate, or sleep,…

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