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North Korean hackers set up 3 shell companies to scam crypto devs

North Korean hackers set up 3 shell companies to scam crypto devs
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Silent Push senior threat analyst Zach Edwards says the FBI has since shut down at least one of the companies.

A subgroup of the North Korea-linked hacker organization Lazarus set up three shell companies, two in the United States, to deliver malware to unsuspecting users.

The three sham crypto consulting firms BlockNovas, Angeloper Agency and SoftGlide are being used by the North Korean hacker group Contagious Interview to distribute malware through fake job interviews, Silent Push threat analysts said in an April 24 report.

Silent Push senior threat analyst Zach Edwards said in an April 24 statement to X that two shell companies are registered as legitimate businesses in the US.

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