Lazarus

The notorious North Korea-based Lazarus hacking group is back in action, targeting Apple Mac users with fake job emails that contain malicious files.Researchers at cyber-security firm ESET posted a screenshot on Twitter that showed fake job listings from leading crypto exchange Coinbase by Lazarus, famous for spreading the WannaCry ransomware globally in 2017.The fake job listing was for an engineering manager, product security, at Coinbase."A signed Mac executable disguised as a job description for Coinbase was uploaded…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has provided sophisticated tools to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to help it track transactions across Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies.According to a report in Intercept, Coinbase sold an analytics software license to ICE for $29,000 in August last year, followed by a software purchase potentially worth $1.36 million the next month."ICE now has access to a variety of forensic features provided through Coinbase Tracer, the company's intelligence-gathering…

The US has linked North Korean hackers to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of cryptocurrency tied to the popular online game Axie Infinity, the US Treasury Department said on Thursday.Ronin, a blockchain network that lets users transfer crypto in and out of the game, said digital cash worth almost $615 million (roughly Rs. 4,710 crore) was stolen on March 23.No one has explicitly assigned blame for the hack, but on Thursday the US Treasury identified a digital currency address used by the hackers as…