Cybersecurity

North Korea-linked APT Sapphire Sleet targets IT job seekers

North Korea-linked APT Sapphire Sleet targets IT job seekers with bogus skills assessment portals Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2023 North Korea-linked APT group Sapphire Sleet set up bogus skills assessment portals in attacks aimed at IT job seekers. The North Korea-linked APT group Sapphire Sleet (aka APT38, BlueNoroff, CageyChameleon, and CryptoCore) is considered a sub-group […]

Cybersecurity

Scammers Impersonate Companies to Steal Cryptocurrency from Job Seeker

Security researchers have discovered a major new scam operation designed to trick job seekers into parting with cryptocurrency, by getting them to complete meaningless tasks they believe will earn them money. Dubbed “WebWyrm” by CloudSEK, the operation has already targeted more than 100,000 individuals across over 50 countries by impersonating over 1000 companies across 10 […]