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July 2025

U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm

U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm

Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Insider Threat The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent… 

Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files

Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files

Jul 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs…