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minute read Share this article: New details emerge of how North Korean-linked APT won trust of experts and exploited Visual Studio to infect systems with ‘Comebacker’ malware. Microsoft has attributed a recently discovered campaign to target security researchers with custom malware through elaborate socially-engineered attacks to an APT group affiliated with North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Monday already sounded a warning about the a...

Project Ticino: Microsofts Erich Gamma on Visual Studio Code past, present, and future We decided to not use any UI frameworks ... we want to be fully in control of our own destiny Tim Anderson Thu 28 Jan 2021 // 13:29 UTC Share Copy Visual Studio Code only succeeded because a failed online editor was pivoted to become a desktop product, according to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Erich Gamma. Gamma spoke at the virtual VS Code Day yesterday on how the worlds favourite...

… A vulnerability broker he had known for a while and trusted had introduced him to a new researcher called James Willy "from New York," Caceres [said]. "We hopped in a group chat, the three of us, and he sent me a Visual Studio project to take a look at a driver bug that caused a blue screen of death." … "James" [said] it was linked to Google Chrome – an instant attention-grabber for bug hunters. Vulns affecting software used by tens of millions worldwide are rare and command hefty rewar...

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...

Todays Best Practices for Migrating Windows apps to Windows on Arm 28 Jan 2021CPOL12 min read In this article, well demonstrate the performance hit a sample application takes under emulation, and demonstrate how to port an existing codebase to Windows on Arm. We will show how to set up your development environment to target the ARM64 processor using .NET framework 4.8. This article is in the Product Showcase section for our sponsors at CodeProject. These ...

Google warns of North Korean hackers using ‘novel social engineering method’ Google warns of North Korean hackers using ‘novel social engineering method’ Twitter, LinkedIn and email are just some of the touchpoints used as part of the method. Credit: Dreamstime Google’s Threat Analysis Group has flagged an ongoing campaign targeting security researchers, alleging that a government-backed entity based in North Korea is abusing social media to send malware.  Acc...

CIPHER InfoSec’s Reaction to North Korea’s Bold Hacking Technique Cybersecurity researchers were shocked after Google revealed information about a technique North Korea was using to try to hack them. The concept was quite simple. The hacker impersonated a fellow security researcher online. To accomplish this, they built social media profiles, blogs, and other signals of authenticity. Then they started engaging with security researchers. In the course of the interaction, the fake security re...

North Korean Hackers Used Novel Social Engineering Ploy to Target Security Researchers Google announced on Tuesday that its cyber threat experts have identified an “ongoing” hacking campaign that leveraged social media to target cybersecurity researchers at a range of organizations, and the attackers are believed to be linked to the North Korean regime. In a statement, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said the hackers behind the campaign used a range of ploys, including a novel socia...

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...

North Korea hackers targeted security researchers working on vulnerability research and development.