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Share link:In this post: North Korean hackers are believed to be behind a game website that uploads malware to users’ PCs when accessed. The fake game, DeTankZone or DeTankWar, was created using stolen source code from a legitimate game. It’s estimated that North Korean hackers stole over $3 billion in crypto in the six years before 2023.
North Korea’s Lazarus Group created a blockchain game to exploit a vulnerability in Google’s Chrome browser, install spyware and steal crypto wallet credentials, along with other user data.
In an Oct. 23 report , cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs analysts Vasily Berdnikovand and Boris Larin said they found the Lazarus Group exploit in May and reported it to Google, which has since fixed the issue.
According to Berdnikov and Larin, hackers in the Lazarus Group used the game to coax users to a malicious website and infect computers with its malware Manuscript, which it has been using since at least 2013.
The code allowed the hackers to corrupt Chrome’s memory, eventually giving them access to users’ cookies, authentication tokens, saved passwords, and browsing history—everything they needed to steal user funds.
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