Tag: job scams

2 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

Attack reports

From primitive crypto theft to sophisticated AI-based deception

The North Korea-aligned threat actor DeceptiveDevelopment employs social engineering tactics to target software developers, especially those in cryptocurrency and Web3 projects. They use fake job offers and trojanized code challenges to deliver malware like BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret. The group…
malware
social engineering
north korea
cryptocurrency
remote access
information theft
beavertail
identity theft
invisibleferret
ottercookie
job scams
tropidoor
multiplatform
2025-09-25
weaselstore
postnaptea
tsunamikit
job offers
akdoortea
2025-11-09
it worker fraud
ai-based deception
Published: November 9, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 1

Targeting of freelance developers

North Korea-aligned cybercriminals are targeting freelance software developers through fake job offers and coding challenges containing malware. The campaign, dubbed DeceptiveDevelopment, uses two main malware families - BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret - to steal cryptocurrency wallets and login cre…
north korea
spearphishing
infostealer
cryptocurrency
beavertail
invisibleferret
2025-02-21
job scams
freelancers
Published: February 21, 2025
Downloadable IOCs: 0
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