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North Korean hackers target Web3 startups using fake Zoom meeting invitations
Cryptopolitan
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July 3, 2025
North Korean hackers have launched a sophisticated malware campaign targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency companies using NimDoor malware. SentinelLabs identified advanced attack methods that combine social engineering with complex programming...
N. Korean teachers crack under pressure over student attendance
Daily NK
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July 3, 2025
North Korean teachers are dealing with mounting stress as schools hold them responsible for poor student attendance rates. According to a source in South Hamgyong province who spoke to Daily NK recently, a homeroom teacher at a middle school in...
North Korean Hackers Infiltrating Crypto Jobs: A Growing Insider Threat
Techstory
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July 2, 2025
North Korea–backed cyber operatives are quietly embedding themselves within the cryptocurrency industry by securing legitimate IT roles at blockchain and crypto firms. On June 2, on-chain investigator ZachXBT revealed that since January 2025,...
North Korean Hackers Use NimDoor macOS Malware to Target Web3, Crypto Platforms
Gadgets 360
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July 3, 2025
North Korean hackers are using a special type of malware known as NimDoor to target macOS computers used at Web3 and crypto firms, according to details shared by a cybersecurity research firm. The threat actors are reportedly using bash scripts to...
North Korean hackers targeting crypto projects with unusual Mac exploit
Coin Telegraph
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North Korean hackers are using new strains of malware aimed at Apple devices as part of a cyberattack campaign targeting crypto companies. According to a report from cybersecurity firm Sentinel Labs on Wednesday, the attackers impersonate someone...
Mitsuhiro Mimura: The secret to North Korea’s economic resilience
NK News
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July 3, 2025
Professor Mitsuhito Mimura, a leading Japanese expert on the North Korean economy, joins this week’s podcast for an in-depth discussion on the DPRK’s economic resilience, shifting trade patterns and deepening ties with China and Russia. With over...
South Korean Prez Vows To Improve Relations With North Korea Based On Cooperation With US
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 3 (IANS) South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung said on Thursday that his administration will work to improve relations with North Korea based on cooperation with the United States, but acknowledged that dialogue with...
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[Editorial] How could Yoon be ‘thrilled’ at the possibility of war with North Korea?
Hankyoreh
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July 3, 2025
If Yoon did indeed put the lives of Koreans at stake in attempting to goad North Korea into a skirmish, he is guilty of not only insurrection, but treason On Oct. 19, 2024, North Korea published photos of the wreckage of a drone that crashed in...
Gov't to Launch Combined Inspection amid Allegation of N. Korea's Radioactive Wastewater Discharge
KBS World
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July 3, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News The government will launch a combined special inspection on Friday amid persisting allegations about North Korea's discharge of wastewater from its nuclear facility, despite Seoul's explanation that such claims were unfounded....
North Korean tech workers infiltrating companies around world: US
The Straits Times
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON – The North Korean government, struggling under the weight of international sanctions, has for years seeded companies in the United States and elsewhere with remote tech workers camouflaged by false and stolen identifies to generate...
China steps in as US pulls back from North Korea
Daily NK
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July 3, 2025
As the United States appears to be stepping back from its strategy of promoting democracy in North Korea through information campaigns, China is quietly moving to fill that void. Recent reports from Daily NK show China’s gradual efforts to reshape...
(LEAD) Lee vows to improve relations with N. Korea based on cooperation with U.S.
Yonhap News Agency
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July 3, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS more details in last three paras) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that his administration will work to improve relations with North Korea based on cooperation with the United States, but...
North Korean Hackers Target Web3 with Nim Malware and Use ClickFix in BabyShark Campaign
The Hacker News
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July 2, 2025
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency-related businesses with malware written in the Nim programming language, underscoring a constant evolution of their tactics. "Unusually for macOS malware,...
asia South Korea's Lee pledges 'bold' economic policy after martial law crisis
Asiaone
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July 3, 2025
SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung vowed on Thursday (July 3) to implement a "bold" fiscal policy to boost a flagging economy after the country's martial law crisis and to tackle challenges posed by looming US tariffs and North Korea....
Special counsel obtains recording suggesting Yoon ordered Pyongyang drone incursion
Hankyoreh
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July 3, 2025
On Oct. 19, 2024, North Korea published photos of the wreckage of a drone that crashed in Pyongyang it claimed was of the same make and model as those used by South Korean military. (KCNA/Yonhap) A team of independent prosecutors investigating...
Why South Korean young men and women are more politically divided than ever
Los Angeles Times
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July 3, 2025
SEOUL — It’s a worldwide shift that has taken political scientists and sociologists by surprise: the growing ideological divide between young men and women. In the recent U.S. presidential election, President Trump won 56% of the vote among men...
Soham Parekh Accused Of Fooling YC Startups While Working 4 Jobs At Once: Suhail Doshi Says He Faked His Resume, Lied About His Location
Benzinga
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Suhail Doshi, founder of Playground AI and analytics platform Mixpanel Inc., publicly accused an Indian software engineer of simultaneously working at multiple startups while allegedly defrauding Y Combinator portfolio companies. What Happened:...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 2:42 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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In a big bill that hurts clean energy, residential solar likely to get hit fast WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress have advanced a bill cutting clean energy tax credits, and the industry is bracing for the impacts. The legislation targets...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 5:21 a.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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Closely watched US jobs report likely to show hiring slowed in June The steady slowdown in U.S. hiring likely continued in June as President Donald Trump’s trade wars, federal hiring freeze and immigration crackdown weighed on the American job...
South Korea revises martial law rules after political crisis
BBC
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July 3, 2025
South Korean lawmakers have voted to revise the rules around martial law, now barring any attempt to obstruct lawmakers from entering the National Assembly. This comes after former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law order last...