Lazarus used ‘Kandykorn’ malware in attempt to compromise exchange — Elastic
Lazarus members posed as engineers and fooled exchange employees into downloading difficult-to-detect malware.
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Lazarus members posed as engineers and fooled exchange employees into downloading difficult-to-detect malware.
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