Crypto-Crime Chronicles: Slow Pisces Nets $1.5 Billion in Malware Mayhem
Slow Pisces, the North Korean cyber group, isn’t just fishing for attention—they’re baiting developers with malware-laden “coding challenges” on LinkedIn. These fancy phishers reel in victims by posing as potential employers and have reportedly stolen over $1 billion from the cryptocurrency sector. So, if you think you’ve hooked a job, make sure it’s not a scam!
Hot Take:
Watch out LinkedIn users! Slow Pisces is here to turn your coding dreams into a cryptocurrency nightmare. Who knew North Korean hackers moonlighted as job recruiters? Maybe they should stick to stealing hearts instead of bitcoins!
Key Points:
- Slow Pisces, a North Korean group, targets cryptocurrency developers via LinkedIn, posing as potential employers.
- They send malware disguised as coding challenges, leading to infections like RN Loader and RN Stealer.
- The group allegedly stole over $1 billion USD from the crypto sector in 2023.
- Tech giants like GitHub and LinkedIn have removed malicious accounts linked to Slow Pisces.
- YAML deserialization and EJS escapeFunction are used to conceal malware execution.
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