DPRK Fake IT Workers Fraud Playbook
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DPRK Fake IT Workers Fraud Playbook
DPRK Fake IT Workers Fraud Playbook
Summary
Following the first article on the DPRK fake IT workers infrastructure, we wanted to write a separate article about the cybercrime ecosystem, which is unique in that it combines a persistent conglomerate of companies with a large number of North Korean workers. In this article, we will present the methodologies used in our research on this subject.
Understanding the environment around fake IT workers
As we saw in our research, North Korean IT workers use their own terms to describe the elements of the infrastructure shown below.
Mainly for the remote services part, we could observe a cluster of developers in Iran, Syria, and South Africa who are regular citizen that accepted to be hired following a proposal on LinkedIn by North Korean IT workers, followed by a change of application to discuss on WhatsApp with the newly hired person. LinkedIn is widely …
DPRK Fake IT Workers Fraud Playbook
Summary
Following the first article on the DPRK fake IT workers infrastructure, we wanted to write a separate article about the cybercrime ecosystem, which is unique in that it combines a persistent conglomerate of companies with a large number of North Korean workers. In this article, we will present the methodologies used in our research on this subject.
Understanding the environment around fake IT workers
As we saw in our research, North Korean IT workers use their own terms to describe the elements of the infrastructure shown below.
Mainly for the remote services part, we could observe a cluster of developers in Iran, Syria, and South Africa who are regular citizen that accepted to be hired following a proposal on LinkedIn by North Korean IT workers, followed by a change of application to discuss on WhatsApp with the newly hired person. LinkedIn is widely …