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North Korean 'fake worker' scheme caught live on camera

Date:
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:13:00 +0000

Description:
Researchers trapped Lazarus operators with sandbox environments

FULL STORY

An investigation run by BCA Ltd founder, Mauro Eldritch, in partnership with
Northscan and ANY.RUN has observed the infamous Lazarus group in one of its
most notorious schemes - the malicious interview campaign. Within this 
scheme, workers from the DPRK aim to trick legitimate recruiters into hiring
them for high-profile companies - a position they can use to carry out
malicious activities. 

Researchers from this intelligence gathering operation were able to trap the
hackers with what hackers believed were real developer laptops - but were
actually remotely controlled sandbox environments belonging to ANY.RUN. 

During the most recently observed campaign, hackers recruited genuine
engineers to act as a front man for them, offering between 20% and 30% of the
salary in return for them attending interviews and meetings. 

Famous Chollima

By tricking the criminals, who go by the name Famous Chollima, into using the
sandbox, researchers were able to expose their tactics - and a limited but
powerful set of tools that enable them to take over identities without
deploying ransomware. 

The criminals were found to be using; Browser-based OTP generators, AI
automation tools, and  Google remote Desktop to bypass 2FA and enable
consistent control of the host. 

This isnt particularly surprising, since weve seen plenty of different
iterations of these attacks with evolving strategies and tech tools. The FBI
recently released a statement warning of efforts from the North Korean
hackers, 

North Korean social engineering schemes are complex and elaborate, often
compromising victims with sophisticated technical acumen. Given the scale and
persistence of this malicious activity, even those well versed in
cybersecurity practices can be vulnerable to North Korea's determination to
compromise networks connected to cryptocurrency assets. 

With this research, security teams gain a more detailed insight into the
workings of these criminal groups - and companies can be more secure in their
defenses. Its important for firms to understand the common tools these
organizations use, because one compromise could lead to a much more
significant infiltration. 

 Via: The Hacker News

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/north-korean-fake-worker-scheme-caught-
live-on-camera

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