Nork scammers work the blockchain to steal crypto from job hunters

If you're a software developer looking for a job, North Korean scammers have an offer for you that's off the chain, the blockchain that is. These gangs have recently adopted a technique called EtherHiding, hiding malware inside blockchain smart contracts to sneak past detection and ultimately swipe victims' crypto and …

[Pascal Monett]

"blockchain smart contracts"

Two of those words make what's left of my hair stand up straight.

One would hope that developers, of all people, would be wary of anything blockchain, but let's be realistic : it's not because you know what's behind the curtain that you pay more attention.

[phy445]

misread the title

It has been a long week. Skimming the front page I misread the start of the title as "Nork Scanners...". That would have been a very different story.

[Irongut]

before moving conversations to Telegram or Discord

And, that is how they would fail to get me. Telegram is for porn and Discord is for gaming, any reputable company would be using Teams, Slack or Zoom.

I also don't have any funny money for them to steal but they wouldn't even get that far.