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According to Symantec, A North Korean hacking group called Lazarus may be responsible for recent cyber attacks on the banking sector.
A North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus was likely behind a recent cyber campaign targeting organizations in 31 countries, following high-profile attacks on Bangladesh Bank, Sony and South Korea, cyber security firm Symantec Corp said on Wednesday.
Symantec said in a blog that researchers have uncovered four pieces of digital evidence suggesting the Lazarus group was behind the campaign that sought to infect victims with "loader" software used to stage attacks by installing other malicious programs.
"We are reasonably certain" Lazarus was responsible, Symantec researcher Eric Chien said in an interview.
The North Korean government has denied allegations it was involved in the hacks, which were made by officials in Washington and Seoul, as well as security firms.
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 21 2017, @03:01PM (2 children)
four pieces of digital evidence
I bet its fake. How does that work?
Let's go to the Symantec blog article [symantec.com] and see what they claim.
At a glance, it appears that the code in the current attacks was related to said older attacks on "Bangladesh Bank, Sony and South Korea" via "distinctive code" common to both, which in turn is linked to said group Lazarus. The attacks frequently attack foes of North Korea and the FBI has claimed North Korea was behind some of the attacks. It might not be sufficient evidence to convince you, VLM, but it is a chain of evidence.
(Score: 3, Touché) by VLM on Tuesday March 21 2017, @04:24PM (1 child)
via "distinctive code" common to both
Hmm everyone who cracks copy protection or roots an appliance is actually the same guy.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 24 2017, @10:05AM
Hmm everyone who cracks copy protection or roots an appliance is actually the same guy.
Read the article. Supposedly there's a pattern to that - not merely doing the same task.