back to article North Korea's Lazarus Group upgrades its main malware

The Lazarus Group, the cybercrime gang linked to the North Korean government, has been named as the perpetrator of an attack against a Spanish aerospace firm, using a dangerous new piece of malware. Lazarus’s fingerprints were all over a recent attack on an unnamed Spanish aerospace firm, according to security shop ESET, which …

  1. yayekit
    Childcatcher

    Why not share the source code?

    I wonder why ESET and other security companies almost never release these new malware to the public?

    "Many eyes make all bugs shallow", the same goes for exploits.

    0-days would be much easier to counter if we at least knew what we were dealing with.

    1. Tom Paine

      Re: Why not share the source code?

      May I gently suggest that some slightly deeper, more imaginative wondering might provide you with the answer?

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Call Donny

    He will have this sorted out in 24 hours

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