How North Korean Hackers are Working with European Cybercriminals
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Discovery of One of the Most Sophisticated & Resourceful Botnet Groups on Crimeware Landscape. We identified a first-of-its-kind possible collaboration between crimeware organization TrickBot and North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group Lazarus. The TrickBot branch toolset, known as "Anchor Project," represents the first known link between cybercrime groups and APT actors. The research is evidence of "Anchor Project" tools being used to deploy malware possibly associated with the North Korean regime, a finding with significant national security implications.