Since early 2023 Nisos has been investigating and monitoring North Korean (DPRK) IT workers, who use fake personas and stolen identities to fraudulently obtain remote employment from unwitting companies in the United States and abroad…
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DPRK IT Worker Scam: Mitigation Steps for Hiring Teams
Nisos is tracking a network of likely North Korean (DPRK)-affiliated IT workers posing as Singaporean, Turkish, Finish and US nationals with the goal of obtaining employment in remote IT, engineering, and full-stack blockchain positions…
DPRK IT Fraud Network Uses GitHub to Target Global Companies
Nisos is tracking a network of likely North Korean (DPRK)-affiliated IT workers posing as Vietnamese, Japanese, and Singaporean nationals with the goal of obtaining employment in remote engineering…
DPRK IT Workers: A Hidden Cyber Threat to Japan
The Japanese government warned domestic companies in March 2024 about contracting North Korean (DPRK) IT workers posing as Japanese nationals to earn cash, as it is suspected…
OSINT & Employment Fraud: Spotting Fake Candidates | Nisos
Employment fraud poses a significant risk to companies that depend heavily on a remote workforce…
DPRK Remote Workers Hiring Scheme: Lessons Learned
In mid July 2024, a US security awareness training company revealed that it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker using a stolen identity…
Investigation: Probable DPRK Online Personas Used To Fraudulently Obtain Remote Employment at U.S. Companies
Nisos investigators identified a number of online personas probably used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
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