Lazarus targets at least six South Korean organisations in IT, finance and other sectors
North Korea's Lazarus Group targeted at least six South Korean organisations in the software, IT, finance, semiconductor and telecommunications sectors in an attack dubbed Operation SyncHole. The attackers exploited watering-hole attacks and a vulnerability in Innorix Agent to move into internal networks and deployed the ThreatNeedle and LPEClient malware.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- At least six South Korean organisations targeted
- Cause / method
- Exploitation of watering-hole attacks and an Innorix Agent vulnerability
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- Kaspersky warned of Lazarus attacks targeting at least six South Korean organisations.
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