North Korean hackers using Log4J vulnerability in global campaign

Hackers connected to North Korea’s Lazarus Group have been exploiting the Log4j vulnerability in a campaign of attacks targeting companies in the manufacturing, agriculture and physical security sectors. Known as “Operation Blacksmith,” the campaign saw Lazarus hackers use at least three new malware families, according to researchers at Cisco Talos who named one of the

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