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Israel announced to have foiled an attempted cyber-attack on defence firms

The Israeli defence ministry announced on Wednesday that it had foiled a cyber attack carried out by a foreign threat actor targeting the countrys defence manufacturers. The attack was launched by an international cyber group called Lazarus The Lazarus APT is linked to North Korea, the activity of the Group surged in 2014 and 2015. The group has been linked to several major cyber attacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, several SWIFT banking attacks since 2016, and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware infection. In April an attack hit an Israeli water facility attempting to modify water chlorine levels.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/107085/cyber-warfare-2/israel-foiled-attack-defence.html

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