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North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign

Date (as written)
2022-01
Year
2022
Actors (as written)
Lazarus Group, Hidden Cobra, Labyrinth Chollima
Actor pages
Lazarus GroupHidden CobraLabyrinth Chollima

Source entries (4)

ThaiCERT Threat Group Cards

North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign · 2022-01
North Korea’s Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/01/north-koreas-lazarus-apt-leverages-windows-update-client-github-in-latest-campaign/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/01/north-koreas-lazarus-apt-leverages-windows-update-client-github-in-latest-campaign/

Check Point Research

31st January– Threat Intelligence Report · 2022-01-31
North Korean APT group Lazarus is using the Windows Update client as a living-off-the-land tool, to run malicious code on Windows in an email phishing campaign masquerading as job offers.
https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/31st-january-threat-intelligence-report/

Hackmageddon cyber attacks timelines (Paolo Passeri)

Multiple Organizations · 28/01/2022
A new campaign by the Lazarus Group uses spear phishing attacks weaponized with malicious documents that use fake job opportunities masquerading as the global security and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin. [Date Occurred: 18/01/2022; Date Discovered: 18/01/2022]
https://www.hackmageddon.com/2022/02/14/16-31-january-2022-cyber-attacks-timeline/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lazarus-hackers-use-windows-update-to-deploy-malware/

Malwarebytes Labs / ThreatDown blog

Lazarus APT leverages Windows Update client, GitHub in latest campaign (Lockheed Martin job lure) · 2022-01-21T20:05:00+00:00
The Malwarebytes Threat Intelligence team is actively monitoring its activities and was able to spot a new campaign on Jan 18th 2022. ... In this campaign, Lazarus conducted spear phishing attacks weaponized with malicious documents that use their known job opportunities theme . We identified two decoy documents masquerading as American global security and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.
https://www.threatdown.com/blog/north-koreas-lazarus-apt-leverages-windows-update-client-github-in-latest-campaign

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