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UNC1069 Targets Cryptocurrency Sector with New Tooling and AI-Enabled Social Engineering
North Korean UNC1069 leverages AI-enabled social engineering to target cryptocurrency sector with new tooling
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Written by: Ross Inman, Adrian Hernandez Introduction North Korean threat actors continue to evolve their tradecraft to target the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) verticals. Mandiant recently investigated an intrusion targeting a FinTech entity within this sector, attributed to UNC1069 , a financially motivated threat actor active since at least 2018. This investigation revealed a tailored intrusion resulting in the deployment of seven unique malware families, including a new set
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