Unit 42 researchers have recently uncovered an ongoing campaign where the North Korea-linked APT group, Gleaming Pisces (also known as Citrine Sleet), is distributing the new PondRAT backdoor through infected Python packages. This brilliant campaign poses a significant threat, as the attackers are infecting packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, and use it to spread across supply…
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The group has used more than 30 custom tools to target high-value government and telecommunications organizations on behalf of Iranian intelligence services, researchers say.
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OpenAI’s official press account on X was compromised by cryptocurrency scammers. Or, at least that’s what appears to have happened. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently launched to spotlight product- and policy-related announcements, posted about a supposedly new OpenAI-branded blockchain token, “$OPENAI.” “[$OPEANAI bridges] the gap between Al and blockchain technology,” the […]
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Google said it has been contacted by several major U.S. companies recently who discovered that they unknowingly hired North Koreans using fake identities for remote IT roles.
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Malicious Python Packages Deliver PondRAT Backdoor: North Korean Group Targets Developers
/in General NewsUnit 42 researchers have recently uncovered an ongoing campaign where the North Korea-linked APT group, Gleaming Pisces (also known as Citrine Sleet), is distributing the new PondRAT backdoor through infected Python packages. This brilliant campaign poses a significant threat, as the attackers are infecting packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, and use it to spread across supply…
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