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New Lazarus campaign uses legitimate software
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The Lazarus Group's APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) campaign attacks organizations worldwide. The malicious program used for the compromise is distributed via legitimate software. Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has identified a number of cybersecurity incidents in which victims were infected using legitimate software designed to encrypt online communications via digital certificates. Even though the vulnerabilities have been reported and patched, organizations worldwide continue to use the malicious version of the software, opening the door for the notorious Lazarus group to enter their network. Sophisticated attack scheme via supply chain infection of legitimate…

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Attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research
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Kaspersky records cyberattacks on pharmaceutical companies and a department of a health ministry. The attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research point to the Lazarus group. Kaspersky researchers identified two targeted attacks on facilities linked to the COVID-19 research in the fall. A health ministry and a pharmaceutical company were affected. The Kaspersky experts assume that the infamous Lazarus group is behind these attacks. Attack pattern points to Lazarus The first attack took place on a facility of a health ministry, whereby two Windows servers were compromised with sophisticated malware on October 27, 2020. The analysis of the already known ...

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