The properties we built blockchain to have are now working against us.
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The properties we built blockchain to have are now working against us. No central server. Immutable. Distributed across thousands of nodes globally. Those were supposed to be features. Now North Korean
hackers figured out they're also a perfect place to park malware where nobody can pull the plug. The attack starts with a fake LinkedIn job offer, drops malicious code into a smart contract on Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain, and waits. There's no command-and-control server to raid. No hosting provider to call. No kill switch. One group alone has already hit roughly 14,000 WordPress sites this way. 
The worst part isn't the technique. It's that your standard incident response playbook assumes there's something to take down. Here, there isn't.
Your defenders need to know this changes the containment math
Your board needs to hear that "we took down the server" may not be an option anymorehttps://www.pcmag.com/news/malware-is-sleeping-on-the-blockchain-and-its-already-infected-dozens-of
#Cybersecurity #Blockchain #InfoSec #security #privacy #cloud -
The properties we built blockchain to have are now working against us. No central server. Immutable. Distributed across thousands of nodes globally. Those were supposed to be features. Now North Korean
hackers figured out they're also a perfect place to park malware where nobody can pull the plug. The attack starts with a fake LinkedIn job offer, drops malicious code into a smart contract on Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain, and waits. There's no command-and-control server to raid. No hosting provider to call. No kill switch. One group alone has already hit roughly 14,000 WordPress sites this way. The worst part isn't the technique. It's that your standard incident response playbook assumes there's something to take down. Here, there isn't. Your defenders need to know this changes the containment math Your board needs to hear that "we took down the server" may not be an option anymorehttps://www.pcmag.com/news/malware-is-sleeping-on-the-blockchain-and-its-already-infected-dozens-of
#Cybersecurity #Blockchain #InfoSec #security #privacy #cloud@brian_greenberg wow, this is a genuinely critical shift in the threat landscape that changes the entire containment game.
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