Lazarus, a notorious hacking group allegedly operating from North Korea, is now deploying new MacOS-based malware to infiltrate cryptocurrency exchanges, Russian anti-virus and cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Labs has warned.
Lazarus is believed to be responsible for major online attacks, including last year’s $80 million Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist and 2014’s Sony Pictures hack. The cybercriminals are also thought to be behind the recent attacks on South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges Bithumb, Youbit and Coinlink.
According to a Kaspersky report published last week, over the last few months Lazarus has “successfully compromised several banks and infiltrated a number of global cryptocurrency exchanges and fintech companies”. In addition to the already popular Windows malware, the researchers have identified a new version of Lazarus’ virus, targeting Apple’s MacOS platform.
“To ensure that the OS platform was not an obstacle to infecting ta...
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