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EPISODE · Jun 11, 2025 · 36 MIN

Lazarus: Is your best IT worker really a North Korean hacker?

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Send us Fan MailIn December 2014, Sony Pictures announced they were cancelling the release of Seth Rogan’s newest venture The Interview due to a large-scale cyberattack. And in February of this year, global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit suffered a massive attack resulting in the theft of $1.5 billion. These masked actors are still active. But now, they’ve turned their attention to companies like yours...Join Group-IB’s Gary Ruddell and Nick Palmer as they speak with Geoff White, one of the worlds leading journalists covering organized crime and tech and the author of The Lazarus Heist – From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber War as they explore the infamous Lazarus group.In this episode, they delve into the groups’ latest modus operandi – infiltration campaigns, whereby North Korean hackers pose as remote IT employees to funnel information through the backdoor and leave logic bombs in code that they can trigger years or months down the line. They look at how this shifts the responsibility model for cybersecurity, requiring vigilance from across the organisation for unusual behaviour.By understanding who these actors are and how they operate, you can better anticipate threats and protect yourself in an increasingly hostile digital world.Subscribe now to meet these Masked Actors — and stay one step ahead in the fight against cybercrime.Episode links:Group-IB's Top 10 Masked ActorsLazarus Arisen: Architecture, Tools and AttributionStealthy Attributes of Lazarus APT Group: Evading Detection with Extended AttributesAPT Lazarus: Eager Crypto Beavers, Video calls and GamesBy understanding who these actors are and how they operate, you can better anticipate threats and protect yourself in an increasingly hostile digital world.Subscribe to learn more about Group-IB's top 10 Masked Actors  - and stay one step ahead in the fight against cybercrime.FOLLOW GROUP-IBGroup-IB Threat Intelligence on X:   https://www.x.com/GroupIB_TIGroup-IB on X:  https://www.x.com/GroupIBGroup-IB on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/group-ibGroup-IB on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groupibHQ/ Group-IB on Instagram: ...

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Send us Fan Mail In December 2014, Sony Pictures announced they were cancelling the release of Seth Rogan’s newest venture The Interview due to a large-scale cyberattack. And in February of this year, global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit suffered a massive attack resulting in the theft of $1.5 billion. These masked actors are still active. But now, they’ve turned their attention to companies like yours... Join Group-IB’s Gary Ruddell and Nick Palmer as they speak with Geoff White, one o...

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