Lazarus Group Exploits Google Chrome Vulnerability to Control Infected Devices
Lazarus Group Exploits Google Chrome Vulnerability to Control Infected Devices
24 October 2024
The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome to seize control of infected devices.
Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky said it discovered a novel attack chain in May 2024 that targeted the personal computer of an unnamed Russian national with the Manuscrypt backdoor.
This entails triggering the