North Korea-linked hackers revive cryptocurrency scam to hijack macOS

Security researchers have reportedly uncovered another attack from a North Korea-linked hacking group. But on closer inspection it seems to be nothing more than a rehash of the group’s previous exploits.

According to research published yesterday, the hacking group, Lazarus, is now using fake cryptocurrency trading software, created by a similarly fake front company, Forbes reports.

It appears that hackers set up a front company called JMT Trading, and wrote an accompanying open-source cryptocurrency trading app. The code to which was hosted on GitHub. However, here’s where the originality ends.

In the code for the JMT Trading software is a piece of malicious code which, according to Mac security expert Patrick Wardle, gives hackers the “ability to remotely execute commands” on a victim’s device. It gives bad actors full control over the infected macOS system, giving attackers the ability to do anything they want,…