North Korea’s Comedy of Errors: Job Interviews Gone Rogue with ClickFake Tactics
North Korean threat actors have adopted the ClickFix social engineering tactic to target job seekers in the cryptocurrency sector. The scheme, dubbed ClickFake Interview, uses fake job interviews to install malware on Windows and macOS systems, marking a shift in targeting centralized finance entities. Beware: your dream job could be a nightmare!
Hot Take:
North Korea’s Lazarus Group seems to be the global “Catfish” of the cybersecurity world. They’re wooing unsuspecting job seekers with fake interviews, only to leave them heartbroken and their systems compromised. It’s like a bad date that ends with malware instead of a second date!
Key Points:
- Lazarus Group employs “ClickFix” social engineering to deliver Go-based backdoor GolangGhost.
- Targets centralized finance entities by impersonating major crypto companies.
- Victims tricked into downloading malware through fake job interviews.
- Operation extends to Europe with North Korean IT workers masquerading as remote employees.
- IT workers using BYOD policies to exploit less secure environments.
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