North Korean hacker group Lazarus is using Telegram to steal cryptocurrency

A hacking group believed to be from North Korea is reportedly stepping up its game to continue its cryptocurrency stealing campaigns.

In a statement published yesterday, security researchers from Kaspersky say they found evidence to suggest Lazarus has made significant changes to its attack methodology.

According to Kaspersky, the hacking group is taking “more careful steps” and is employing “improved tactics and procedures” to steal cryptocurrency.

In other words, Lazarus has adjusted the way it infects a system, remains undetected, and illicitly obtains cryptocurrency from compromised machines and victims. To go undetected, Lazarus’ malware executes in memory rather than being run from hard disk drives.

Researchers say Lazarus is now using messaging app Telegram — popular in the cryptocurrency community — as one of its key attack vectors.

Security Researchers have dubbed the new wave of tactics as…