Social engineering (fake employment/investment offers) against DeFi and cryptocurrency firms

Date (as written): 2024
Year: 2024
Actors (as written): North Korean state-sponsored actors
Actor pages: North Korean state-sponsored actors
Tags (as written): crypto; social engineering; job lure

Source entries (2)

FBI PSA I-090324-PSA "North Korea Aggressively Targeting Crypto Industry with Well-Disguised Social Engineering Attacks" (2024-09-03)

Social engineering (fake employment/investment offers) against DeFi and cryptocurrency firms · 2024

North Korean fake scenarios often include offers of new employment or corporate investment.

https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA240903

Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)

Organizations in the cryptocurrency sector · 03/09/2024

The FBI warns of threat actors from North Korea aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks to deploy malware designed to steal their crypto assets. [Date Occurred: 'Over the last several months'; Date Discovered: 'Over the last several months']

https://www.hackmageddon.com/2024/12/05/1-15-september-2024-cyber-attacks-timeline/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-crypto-firms-of-aggressive-social-engineering-attacks/

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