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Lazarus Hackers Exploited Windows Kernel Flaw as Zero-Day in Recent Attacks

Feb 29, 2024NewsroomRootkit / Threat Intelligence The notorious Lazarus Group actors exploited a recently patched privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Kernel as a zero-day to obtain kernel-level access and disable security software on compromised hosts. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-21338 (CVSS score: 7.8), which can permit an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. It […]

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Operation Blacksmith: Lazarus Group Exploits Log4j Flaws to Deploy RATs | Cyware Hacker News

The North Korea-linked threat group Lazarus has been attributed to a new global campaign that exploits the infamous Log4j flaw to deploy three previously undocumented DLang-based malware – NineRAT, DLRAT, and BottomLoader. The campaign, dubbed Operation Blacksmith, is believed to have been active since March, targeting organizations in the manufacturing, agriculture, and physical security sectors. […]

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Lazarus Group Using Log4j Exploits to Deploy Remote Access Trojans

Dec 11, 2023NewsroomVulnerability / Espionage The notorious North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new global campaign that involves the opportunistic exploitation of security flaws in Log4j to deploy previously undocumented remote access trojans (RATs) on compromised hosts. Cisco Talos is tracking the activity under the name Operation […]

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Microsoft Warns of Fake Skills Assessment Portals Targeting IT Job Seekers

Nov 11, 2023NewsroomThreat Intelligence / Cybercrime A sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group has established new infrastructure that impersonates skills assessment portals as part of its social engineering campaigns. Microsoft attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Sapphire Sleet, describing it as a “shift in the persistent actor’s tactics.” Sapphire Sleet, also called […]

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N. Korean Lazarus Group Targets Software Vendor Using Known Flaws

Oct 27, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware The North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group has been attributed as behind a new campaign in which an unnamed software vendor was compromised through the exploitation of known security flaws in another high-profile software. The attack sequences, according to Kaspersky, culminated in the deployment of malware families such as SIGNBT and […]