Lazarus attacks aerospace and defense contractors worldwide while misusing LinkedIn and WhatsApp
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- Over the course of the annual ESET World conference, ESET researchers have been presenting a new investigation into the infamous Lazarus APT Group and their attack on defense contractors around the world between late 2021 and March 2022.
- Targets were, according to ESET Telemetry, in Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine), the Middle East (Turkey, Qatar), and Latin America (Brazil).
- For fake recruiting campaigns, they used services such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp.
- According to the U.S. government, Lazarus is linked to the North Korean regime.
BRATISLAVA — June 1, 2022 — During the annual ESET World conference, ESET researchers have been presenting about a new investigation into the infamous Lazarus APT group. Director of ESET Threat Research, Jean-Ian Boutin, went over various new campaigns perpetrated by the Lazarus group against defense contractors around the world between late 2021 and March 2022.
In the relevant 2021-2022 …
- Targets were, according to ESET Telemetry, in Europe (France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine), the Middle East (Turkey, Qatar), and Latin America (Brazil).
- For fake recruiting campaigns, they used services such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp.
- According to the U.S. government, Lazarus is linked to the North Korean regime.
BRATISLAVA — June 1, 2022 — During the annual ESET World conference, ESET researchers have been presenting about a new investigation into the infamous Lazarus APT group. Director of ESET Threat Research, Jean-Ian Boutin, went over various new campaigns perpetrated by the Lazarus group against defense contractors around the world between late 2021 and March 2022.
In the relevant 2021-2022 …