Watch Who You Talk to

More details about the approach at the link

Twitter accounts linked to cyberattacks against security researchers suspended

North Korean hackers are luring professionals with "zero-day vulnerability hype."   By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day | October 19, 2021 | Topic: Security

Twitter has suspended accounts belonging to a North Korean hacking group targeting security researchers. 

The social media accounts, @lagal1990 and @shiftrows13, were suspended this month after "posing as security researchers," according to Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) analyst Adam Weidermann, who added that the profiles "leaned on the hype of 0-days to gain followers and build credibility." ... ' 

North Korean Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

Considerable detail in recent Technology Review Article.   An indication of how carefully we need to examine and regulate these technologies.  Much more at the link.

This is how North Korea uses cutting-edge crypto money laundering to steal millions

Hackers working for Kim Jong-un have become experts at covering their tracks on the Bitcoin blockchain.   by Mike Orcutt in Technology Review

The US government has just come down hard on two Chinese nationals for allegedly conspiring with North Korean state-sponsored hackers to steal millions of dollars’ worth of digital money from cryptocurrency exchanges. In the process, it has provided a glimpse at the cutting edge of crypto money laundering.... " 

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