Lazarus Group rises again from the digital grave with Hoplight malware for all The Lazarus Group hacking operation, thought to be controlled by the North Korean government, has a new malware toy to pitch at potential targets and the US is getting worried about it. This according to a report from US-Cert, which say that the group (also known as "Hidden Cobra") has a new piece of spyware capable of …
... the USA faced off against threats from the Soviet Union? Now it's worried about containing North Korea.
To put that in perspective: North Korea has a GDP of $12.4 billion. That's slightly smaller than Bristol (England), or in US terms it's less than the city budget of Washington, DC. That's right: Kim Jong-Un, even if he personally dictates how every one of his people spends every hour of their lives, still commands less resources than the mayor of Washington.
#MAGA indeed.
I find it remarkable that a country that is as apparently as piss poor and as full of uneducated oppressed people as N Korea is able to produce nukes and malware that are good enough the worry the US. Instead of isolating them and sanctioning their economy, they should be welcomed into the fold and their best researchers employed by the West.
... but rather financial crime aimed at helping the isolated nation get cash into its coffers.
So North Korea is just poking around the globe , smashing windows and grabbing the jewels?
Like a highwayman?
Its got a kind of "harmless fun" vibe , compared to other international espionage and willy waving exercises , of which of course NK does a fair bit of that too.
Reg - why are you still spreading this lie "Lazarus/Hidden Cobra was also famously credited with pulling off the high-profile 2014 attack on Sony Pictures."
It was shown that ALL of the Norse corp was fabricated: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/01/sources-security-firm-norse-corp-imploding/
I am all for blaming and prosecuting NK for the wrong they do, but it looks bad for a news source to repeat lies for advertising hits, while there is plenty or real news to report.
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