North Korea’s Lazarus brings state-sponsored hacking approach to ransomware

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Posted by InfoSec News on Jul 30

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/north-korea-backed-hackers-dip-their-toes-into-the-ransomware-pool/

By Dan Goodin
Ars Technica
July 29, 2020

Lazarus—the North Korean state hacking group behind the WannaCry worm, the
theft of $81 million from a Bangladesh bank, and the attacks on Sony
Pictures—is looking to expand into the ransomware craze, according to
researchers from Kaspersky Lab.

Like many of Lazarus’ early…


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