Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky detailed two incidents at a pharmaceutical company and a government ministry in September and October leveraging different tools and techniques but exhibiting similarities in the post-exploitation process. North Korean hackers are alleged to have targeted pharma firms in India, France, Canada, Canada and the UK-based AstraZeneca. The development is the latest in a long list of attacks capitalizing on the coronavirus pandemic a trend observed in various phishing lures and malware campaigns throughout the last year.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2020/12/north-korean-hackers-trying-to-steal.html