North Korea's Lazarus Group upgrades its main malware

LightningCan evades infosec tools in new and interesting ways

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ESET asserts that the goal of the attacks, and other Dream Job breaches, was espionage."Pilfering the know-how of an aerospace company is aligned with long-term goals manifested by Lazarus," wrote ESET senior malware researcher Peter Kálnai.ESET’s Kálnai suggested this recent attack used an upgraded malware tool named “LightlessCan” that has support for 68 commands, although only 43 appear to be implemented.

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