Red Asgard identifies five trojanized browser extensions tied to a Lazarus/Contagious Interview extension layer, masquerading as Bitwarden, Phantom, TronLink, Trust Wallet, and a Brave/MetaMask-themed wallet. The extensions resolve their command-and-contr…
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SANS ISC analyzes an obfuscated Node.js stealer uploaded as `extracted-decoded.js`, with a heavily obfuscated execution wrapper but plain-text embedded payload modules. The malware targets Windows through WSL, macOS, and Linux, stealing Chromium-family br…
Trend Micro reports that Void Dokkaebi, also known as Famous Chollima, has migrated InvisibleFerret from readable Python scripts into Cython-compiled `.pyd` modules on Windows and `.so` modules on macOS. The campaign remains focused on software developers…
OpenSourceMalware discussed three malicious npm packages tied to the actor behind the March Axios compromise, saying they had quietly harvested developer credentials since early April. The DPRK-linked activity was framed as supporting parallel Contagious …
AhnLab's April 2026 financial-sector review links WGear RCE exploitation to DPRK-relevant activity, noting that Andariel has repeatedly abused the vulnerability. In observed cases, the WGear process launched mshta to retrieve external HTML, download and e…
The episode covers an eleven-hour forensic window into a live adversary server tied to a Lazarus-attributed fake interview campaign. Researchers preserved a contested Windows machine while two password changes were occurring, exposing the operator workben…
EndPoint, formerly known as Midnight, is a Babuk-derived ransomware family that targets Windows, ESXi, and NAS environments and uses double extortion through encryption and data-leak threats. The malware supports argument-controlled encryption scope, dele…
OX Security identified a malicious npm package, terminal-logger-utils, with keylogger, infostealer, and RAT behavior and linked the activity to previously documented North Korean supply-chain campaigns. The package is triggered through a postinstall hook …
An OSINT investigation connected previously identified DPRK-affiliated GitHub accounts to Discord channels where DPRK IT workers outsourced fraudulent job applications to gig workers. Bidders earned $0.05–$0.10 per application and $1–$3 for interviews, wi…
WhoisXML API mapped DNS infrastructure from the UNC1069 compromise of the axios NPM package, which delivered the cross-platform WAVESHAPER.V2 backdoor through malicious `plain-crypto-js` post-install execution. The analysis consolidated five subdomains, s…
Krypt3ia assesses that North Korean cyber operations have shifted from separate espionage, financial theft, and disruptive tracks into an interconnected access-generation ecosystem. The report links fraudulent remote IT-worker schemes, developer-targeting…
Bitso described another suspected North Korean Chollima job applicant who attempted to interview for an engineering role under the claimed identity of Camilo Andrés Pantoja from Colombia. During the call, a Canary Token link exposed that the applicant con…
OpenSourceMalware found three malicious npm packages linked to the March 2026 Axios compromise through the shared XOR key OrDeR_7077, while using separate C2 infrastructure at 18.208.244.120:9999. The packages redeem-onchain-sdk, nicegui, and period-newli…
Attackers are sharpening established methods rather than abandoning them, using offensive tooling, infostealers, ransomware affiliates, social engineering, and trusted-platform abuse with greater speed and resilience. Bridewell highlights adversary infras…
A DPRK-linked TraderTraitor/UNC4899 actor stole 116,500 rsETH, worth about $292 million, from the KelpDAO rsETH bridge on April 18, 2026. The intrusion began with social engineering against a LayerZero Labs developer on March 6, enabling session-key theft…