North Korea's Lazarus uses Windows Update, GitHub to infect PCs in latest campaign

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Lazarus uses Windows Update client, GitHub to infect PCs
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Lazarus uses Windows Update client, GitHub to infect PCs

The spear-phishing campaign impersonates the American security and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin to target people interested in getting a job at the company

Lazarus, the notorious cybercrime group with links to the North Korean government, has been using the Windows Update client to deploy malware as part of a new spear-phishing campaign, according to ...

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