Don't Fear the Repo: UNK_DeadDrop Phishing Campaign Targets Developers to Steal Cryptocurrency (opens in new tab)

By Saher Naumaan, Carlos Rubio, and the Proofpoint Threat Research Team Key Findings Between April and May 2026, Proofpoint Threat Research observed a likely North Korean threat actor conducting phishing campaigns using developer role recruitment or code review themes to targets in close to 100 organizations in finance, cryptocurrency, education, technology, and several other sectors. Proofpoint clusters this activity under the name UNK_DeadDrop. The infection chain begins with emails contain...