Zoom Platform Misused by Elusive Comet Attackers in Fraud Scheme

Recent reports suggest that North Korean threat actors are now employing an alarming evolution in the tactics they employ to launch a sophisticated cybercrime operation known as Elusive Comet, a sophisticated cybercrime operation. This newly uncovered campaign demonstrates a way of exploiting Zoom’s remote control capabilities to gain unauthorised access to cryptocurrency industry users’ systems. 

It is clear from this development that a significant trend is occurring in which widely trusted communication platforms are being exploited as tools to facilitate high-level cyber intrusions. Security Alliance, one of the most reputable cybersecurity research organisations, conducted the investigation and analysis that led to the discovery. Elusive Comet exhibited some significant operational similarities to activities previously associated with North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group, a group which has been linked to North Korea for some years. 

The findings suggest that definitive attribution is yet to be made.
Due to the lack of conclusive evidence, attempts to link this campaign with any known state-sponsored entity have been complicated, further demonstrating how covert cyberattacks have become increasingly common in the financial sector. This campaign, according to security experts, marks a dramatic departure from the traditional methods of gaining access to cryptocurrency targets previously used to attack them.
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