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The Global Phishing Campaign of COVID-19 by North Korean Hackers
A cybersecurity studio, Cyfirma, warned that the north Korean hacker group Lazarus was launching a massive phishing campaign on 21 June. Six countries and over five million businesses and individuals are expected to join the initiative.
According to the June 18 article, Lazarus is about to launch a huge phishing campaign in Singapore, Japan , India, the UK, South Korea and the USA. In attempting to resolve the COVID 19 crisis, Hackers would allegedly attempt to use people who collect payments from a few countries.
A cryptocurrency compilation campaign?
Lazarus appears to be using false emails to impersonate government accounts. Recipients are asked to visit fraudulent websites to save their personal data and ask for money. Having been paid in cryptocurrencies, the northkorean hackers have in the past.
The Lazarus party does not raise money from its victims or any more information on the different methods.
Cointelegraph was told by a Kyfirma spokesman:
An early Korean-speaking group in June 1 created an indicator about 'Health 2020' which we disclosed to the United States, the UK, Japan, South Korea, India and Singapore.
The platform has published the following: This global campaign for fishing is well organized on all fronts and uses social media to draw individuals and businesses to disseminate personal and financial information. These state tax support packages are desperately needed by citizens and business owners and are very likely to fall prey to this phishing attack.
Governments aware of the danger already
The company clarifies that URLs for phishing locations contained in email models obtained during their research have not yet been used, but expected to be published soon.
They also note that the targeted countries' governments have been warned of the forthcoming camp of Lazarus.
Recently, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sponsored Lazarus by using phishing scams to steal cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC). Sources suggest that during the COVID-19 crisis the nation has increased its efforts to prevent a financial collapse.
