The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a "complex infection chain" targeting at least two employees belonging to an unnamed nuclear-related organization within the span of one month in January 2024. The attacks, which culminated in the deployment of a new modular backdoor referred to … [Read more...] about Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware
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North Korea Exploited VPN Flaw to Hack South’s Nuclear Research Institute
South Korea's state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) on Friday disclosed that its internal network was infiltrated by suspected attackers operating out of its northern counterpart. The intrusion is said to have taken place on May 14 through a vulnerability in an unnamed virtual private network (VPN) vendor and involved a total of 13 IP addresses, one of which … [Read more...] about North Korea Exploited VPN Flaw to Hack South’s Nuclear Research Institute