Crypto Developers Targeted by Python Malware Disguised as Coding Challenges
Thursday, 17 April 2025
by Ayman Hamam
The North Korea-linked threat actor assessed to be behind the massive Bybit hack in February 2025 has been linked to a malicious campaign that targets developers to deliver new stealer malware under the guise of a coding assignment. The activity has been attributed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 to a hacking group it tracks as Slow Pisces,
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Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers
Sunday, 12 November 2023
by Ayman Hamam
The well-known Lazarus Group has evolved, with a faction now setting up deceptive platforms masquerading as skill assessment portals, part of their new social engineering tactics. Identified by Microsoft as Sapphire Sleet, this alteration marks a change in the group’s persistent methods. Sapphire Sleet, also recognized as APT38, BlueNoroff, CageyChameleon, and CryptoCore, is notorious for
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