According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Cointelegraph, the U.S. government filed two legal lawsuits on October 4, beginning the process of seizing over $2.67 million in digital assets stolen by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group.According to legal documents, the U.S. government is seeking to recover approximately $1.7 million in USDT that the group stole during the Deribit hack in 2022, where $28 million was taken from the options exchange. After successfully hacking Deribit's hot wallet, the hackers mixed the funds through the Tornado Cash mixer and multiple Ethereum addresses.U.S. law enforcement officials are also seeking to recover approximately $970,000 in Avalanche-bridged Bitcoin (BTC.b), which was stolen by the Lazarus Group during a hack of the Stake.com gambling platform in 2023. This malicious attack resulted in losses of over $41 million for Stake.

ChainCatcher news, according to Sekoia.io, has discovered a malware for macOS written in Rust and Objective-C called "RustBucket." It consists of a macOS installer that installs a fully functional PDF reader with a backdoor. This fake PDF reader requires opening a specific PDF file as a key to trigger malicious activities, after which it collects and sends information about the compromised system.It is reported that this malware is suspected to be linked to the hacker group Bluenoroff, which has ties to North Korea. Since 2017, Bluenoroff has been conducting financial activities targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and venture capital-related entities in Europe and Asia. (source link)