Cyber espionage knows no borders
ESET researchers have uncovered a Lazarus attack on an aerospace company in Spain. The attackers used multiple tools, including a newly discovered backdoor dubbed LightlessCan by ESET.North Korea-linked operatives of the Lazarus group gained access to the company's network last year after a successful spear phishing attack in which they impersonated a recruiter for Meta, which owns the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. The ultimate goal of the attack was recorded as cyber espionage.The fake recruiter contacted the victim via LinkedIn Messaging, a feature provided by the professional social networking platform LinkedIn. He sent the victim two coding tests that were said to be required as part of the hiring process. Through collaboration with the affected aerospace company...