One of the founding partners of Altcoin Manta Network (Manta) Kenny Lihas announced a very dangerous attack attempt in terms of cyber security. North Korea -connected Lazarus Hacker group was targeted in a hunting attack on Zoom with real face images. Li, who was tried to be deceived by a false meeting during the attack, realized the danger and blocked the process at the last moment. In the same period, there were other community members who were tried to be deceived by similar methods.
Realistic trap through Zoom: faces familiar, no sound
Kenny Li, a person he knew about the process began with the communication with him in detail. Meeting Zoom It was planned and the cameras of the participants were open during the meeting. Li said that the faces he saw in front of him were familiar, so he did not suspect for a while. However, the sound of the so -called “updated” warning that Zoom’un so -called “should be asked to download a script file attracted attention.
Noticing that the file in question is a script containing malware, not an update, Li ended the meeting instantly. Later, he asked for authentication by re -contracting with the other party via Telegram. However, with this move, he noticed that the interlocutor had deleted and blocked all the messages.
Systematic attack initiatives for community
It was understood that the incident was not individual. Contribution and some other community members reported that they were targeted by similar methods. In particular, insistence on installing a special “commercial version of Zoom and Google Meet The definitive rejection of alternatives such as showed that the attack was systematically constructed.
The attackers use familiar faces to gain the trust of their goals, disable voice communication when the camera is open, and then forces them to download malware under the pretext of a false update. Especially in such attacks crypto currency The targeting of managers and developers in the sector is an indication that hacker groups such as Lazarus use more sophisticated methods.
Experts suggest that unusual behaviors on zoom or similar platforms are noticed and that the meeting should be terminated instantly and the authentication should be done in alternative ways.
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