Fake North Korean IT workers: How companies can stop them

Fake North Korean IT workers: How companies can stop them

: Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another

Double Blow: US Hits DPRK Cyber Ops, Charges OmegaPro Founders in Global Scam - WorldNL Magazine

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean cyber actor associated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau’s (RGB) Andariel hacking group. OFAC said Song facilitated an illicit IT worker scheme that generated revenue for Pyongyang’s regime. Treasury Targets DPRK Cyber Actor According to the official press release, Song oversaw operations in which DPRK nationals, …

Double Blow: US Hits DPRK Cyber Ops, Charges OmegaPro Founders in Global Scam

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean cyber actor associated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau’s (RGB) Andariel hacking group. OFAC said Song facilitated an illicit IT worker scheme that generated revenue for Pyongyang’s regime. Treasury Targets DPRK Cyber Actor According to the official press release, Song oversaw operations in which DPRK nationals, …

How Companies Can Stop Them • The Register - Data Intelligence

By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don’t have any phony resumes or imposters in your interview queue, you’re asleep at the wheel. “Almost every CISO of a Fortune 500 company that I’ve spoken to — I’ll just characterize as dozens that I’ve spoken to — have admitted that they had a North Korean IT worker problem,” said Mandiant Consulting CTO Charles Carmakal during a threat-intel roundtable, adm…

How companies can stop them • The Register | #cybercrime | #infosec - National Cyber Security Consulting

By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don't have any phony resumes or imposters in your interview queue, you're asleep at the wheel. "Almost every CISO of a Fortune 500 company that I've spoken to — I'll just characterize as dozens that I've spoken to […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post How companies can stop them • The Register | #cybercrime | #infosec appeared first on Nation…

You have a fake North Korean IT worker problem - here's how to stop it

Thick resumes with thin LinkedIn connections are one sign. Refusing an in-person interview is another By now, the North Korean fake IT worker problem is so ubiquitous that if you think you don't have any phony resumes or imposters in your interview queue, you're asleep at the wheel. . . .