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Vulnerability Researchers Hit by North Korean Hackers News Highlights: Vulnerability Researchers Hit by North Korean Hackers. Application security, containerization and sandboxing, cybercrime Google warns that social engineering attacks have left researchers’ systems behind Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 26, 2021 Recommended Tweets used by attackers to demonstrate previous “exploits” they discovered (source: Google) North Korean hackers have “targeted security research...

Tweets used by attackers to demonstrate previous "exploits" theyd discovered (Source: Google) North Korean hackers have been "targeting security researchers working on vulnerability research and development at different companies and organizations" to trick them into installing backdoored software, warns Googles Threat Analysis Group. The groups Monday blog post describes what it says is a monthslong attack campaign that has already notched up multiple victims. The campaign traces to "a governm...