Manta founder details attempted Zoom hack by Lazarus that used very real ‘legit faces’
Manta Network co-founder Kenny Li said he managed to avoid a hack attempt possibly conducted by North Korea’s state-affiliated cyber-attackers.
Manta Network co-founder Kenny Li says he was targeted by a highly sophisticated phishing attack on Zoom that used live recordings of familiar people in an attempt to have him download malware.
The meeting seemed real with the impersonated person’s camera on, but the lack of sound and a suspicious prompt to download a script raised red flags, Li said in an April 17 X post.
“I could see their legit faces. Everything looked very real. But I couldn’t hear them. It said my Zoom needs an update. But it asked me to download a script file. I immediately left.”
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