Topic: north korean it
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5 Plead Guilty in North Korean IT Job Fraud and ID Theft Scheme
Five individuals pleaded guilty for helping North Korean nationals fraudulently obtain remote IT jobs at U.S. companies, generating over $2.2 million for the DPRK regime and compromising identities. The scheme was part of a state-sponsored effort by hacking groups like APT38 to fund weapons devel...
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North Korean Hackers Now Target Architecture Firms
North Korean IT workers have long infiltrated Western tech firms, generating billions for their government, and have recently expanded into architecture and civil engineering, posing as freelancers. These operatives produced detailed architectural plans for U.S. projects and used or created offic...
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Top Cybersecurity Breaches and Attacks of 2025
Sophisticated social engineering and malware campaigns, such as ClickFix and its variants, expanded across operating systems, tricking users into self-inflicted infections and becoming commercialized through paid platforms. The cryptocurrency sector and enterprise software faced massive breaches,...
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Chinese Hacking Contractor Exposed in Major Data Leak
A major data breach at Chinese cybersecurity firm KnownSec exposed hacking tools and sensitive data stolen from over 80 global organizations, including terabytes of records from India, South Korea, and Taiwan, directly linking its activities to Chinese state interests. In a separate incident, sta...
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