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Russian laundering millions for Lazarus hackers arrested in Argentina
The federal police in Argentina (PFA) have arrested a 29-year-old Russian national in Buenos Aires on charges of money laundering related to cryptocurrency proceeds belonging to the North Korean Lazarus hackers. The San Isidro Specialized Fiscal Unit in Cybercrime Investigations (UFEIC) collaborated with blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs to identify and locate the individual despite him using a complex transactions network…
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Windows driver zero-day exploited by Lazarus hackers to install rootkit
Image: Midjourney The notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a zero-day flaw in the Windows AFD.sys driver to elevate privileges and install the FUDModule rootkit on targeted systems. Microsoft fixed the flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 during its August 2024 Patch Tuesday, along with seven other zero-day vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-38193 is a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function…
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