Since the beginning of 2020, the North Korea-linked threat group known as Lazarus has successfully compromised dozens of organizations in Israel and other countries by targeting their employees with appealing job offers, UK-based cybersecurity firm ClearSky reported this week.
Also referred to as Hidden Cobra, Lazarus is a cyber-espionage threat actor that also engages in financially-motivated attacks, including campaigns on crypto-currency exchanges, the WannaCry outbreak in 2017, the Sony Pictures Entertainment incident, and the $81 million Bangladesh bank theft.
The hacking group is known for the use of a variety of malware, including the recently detailed MATA framework and a significant number of Mac malware families. Over the past couple of years, the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) has shared various malware samples associated with the group.
Earlier this week, the Israeli defense ministry claimed to have successfully prevented a Lazarus attack targeting the country’s defense manufacturers, but ClearSky says that the attackers were in fact successful in their attempts.
“This campaign has been active since the beginning of the year and it succeeded, in our assessment, to infect several dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and globally. Its main targets include defense, governmental companies, and specific employees of those companies,” ClearSky says.
The company, which identified North Korean activity ..
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