North Korean Proxy the Lazarus Group’s Malware Suspected to go beyond Central American casinos

Colleagues, financial gain appears to be the root cause motive behind the recent Lazarus Group’s (or Hidden Cobra) malware attacks on casinos in Central America, a bank in Bangladesh and potentially of the soft targets. This is the same entity suspected of the 2016 cyber-attacks again US-base Sony Pictures. KillDisk is a standard detection name that ESET uses for destructive malware with disk wiping capabilities and helped detect Win32/NukeSped and Win64/NukeSped attacks. The number of systems affected and financial loss to such malware has not been well quantified. How can KillDisk be mitigated? A comprehensive silver bullet solution is unknown the Cyber Security Defender recommends a careful review of the Australian Government’s Department of Defence publication entitled Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents. What is the Lazarus Group’s next target? Share your comments and subscribe today! Lawrence, Cyber Security Defender (https://cybersecuritydefender.blogspot.com)