Lazarus Hackers Exploited Windows Zero-Day to Target Defense Firms

This North Korean recruitment scam was so convincing it even fooled Google

Lazarus expanded Dream Job with a zero‑day, new backdoor, and advanced relaysFake job lures, trojanized PDFs, and spoofed sites enabled high‑level compromisesTargets included defense and aerospace firms, prompting stronger phishing awarenessSecurity experts from Check Point Research say they have uncovered a new wave of "Operation Dream Job" attacks, leveraging a previously undocumented backdoor, a brand new Windows zero-day vulnerability, and a…

Microsoft Windows 0-Day Attack Deploys Lazarus Rootkit—Patch Now

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Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to target defense firms

North Korean hackers have been exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-68820) to target defense-sector companies as part of the Operation Dream Job campaign. [...]

North Korean hackers exploit previously unknown flaw to target defense firms

North Korean cybercriminals exploited a previously unknown weakness in Microsoft Windows in a campaign targeting defense organizations, using newly identified malware to gain access to computers. The Pyongyang-backed Lazarus Group took advantage of the zero-day vulnerability, designated CVE-2026-68820, as part of a long-running cyberespionage campaign, Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point said in a report published […]

Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor

The North Korean threat actor known as Lazarus Group has been attributed to the zero-day exploitation of a newly patched security flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to deliver a never-before-seen backdoor targeting defense and aerospace companies across France, Germany, Brazil, and India. The activity, per Check Point Research, is part of Operation Dream Job, a long-running cyber espionage and