Kaspersky has reported hacker attacks on COVID-19 researchers

 

 

The hacker accumulation Lazarus attacked the developers of the coronavirus vaccine: the Ministry of Health and a biologic aggregation in one of the Asian countries

Kaspersky Lab appear that the hacker accumulation Lazarus has launched two attacks on organizations complex in coronavirus research. The targets of the hackers, whose activities were apparent by the company, were the Ministry of Health in one of the Asian countries and a biologic company.

According to Kaspersky Lab, the advance occurred on September 25. Hackers acclimated the Bookcode virus, as able-bodied as phishing techniques and compromising sites. A ages later, on October 27, the Ministry of Health servers active on the Windows operating arrangement was attacked. In the advance on the Ministry, according to the IT company, the wAgent virus was used. Similarly, Lazarus ahead adulterated the networks of cryptocurrency companies.

"Two Windows servers of a government bureau were compromised on October 27 by a adult malware accepted to Kaspersky Lab as wAgent. The infection was agitated out in the aforementioned way that was ahead acclimated by the Lazarus accumulation to access the networks of cryptocurrency companies," said Kaspersky Lab.

Both types of malware acquiesce attackers to accretion ascendancy over an adulterated device. Kaspersky Lab continues its investigation.

"All companies complex in the development and accomplishing of the vaccine should be as accessible as accessible to repel cyber attacks," added Kaspersky Lab.

The Lazarus accumulation is additionally accepted as APT38. The US Federal Bureau of Analysis (FBI) appear that their activities are sponsored by the DPRK authorities.

Recall that in July, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agnate departments of the United States and Canada accused the hacker accumulation APT29, allegedly associated with the Russian appropriate services, in an attack to abduct advice about the coronavirus vaccine. Dmitry Peskov, columnist secretary of the Russian President, denied the Kremlin's captivation in the break-ins.