State-backedNorth Korea MITRE G0032

Lazarus Group

Also known as Operation DarkSeoul, Dark Seoul, Hidden Cobra, Hastati Group, Andariel, Unit 121, Bureau 121, NewRomanic Cyber Army Team, Bluenoroff, Subgroup: Bluenoroff, Group 77, Labyrinth Chollima, Operation Troy, Operation GhostSecret, Operation AppleJeus, APT38, APT 38, Stardust Chollima, Whois Hacking Team, Zinc

2mentions, 7 days

3mentions, 30 days

Nov 2, 2026last mentioned

Since 2009, HIDDEN COBRA actors have leveraged their capabilities to target and compromise a range of victims; some intrusions have resulted in the exfiltration of data while others have been disruptive in nature. Commercial reporting has referred to this activity as Lazarus Group and Guardians of Peace. Tools and capabilities used by HIDDEN COBRA actors include DDoS botnets, keyloggers, remote access tools (RATs), and wiper malware. Variants of malware and tools used by HIDDEN COBRA actors include Destover, Duuzer, and Hangman.

Targets: Government, Private sector, South Korea, Bangladesh Bank, Sony Pictures Entertainment, United States, Thailand, France, China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Guatemala, Canada, Bangladesh, Japan

CVEs in recent coverage

No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.

Recent victims

No leak-site posts on record for this group.

ATT&CK techniques

T0865 Spearphishing Attachment T1001.003 Protocol or Service Impersonation T1005 Data from Local System T1008 Fallback Channels T1010 Application Window Discovery T1012 Query Registry T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1021.004 SSH T1027.007 Dynamic API Resolution T1027.009 Embedded Payloads T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File T1033 System Owner/User Discovery T1036.003 Rename Legitimate Utilities T1036.004 Masquerade Task or Service T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel T1046 Network Service Discovery T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol T1049 System Network Connections Discovery T1053.005 Scheduled Task T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection T1056.001 Keylogging T1057 Process Discovery T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1059.005 Visual Basic T1070 Indicator Removal T1070.003 Clear Command History T1070.004 File Deletion T1070.006 Timestomp T1071.001 Web Protocols T1074.001 Local Data Staging T1078 Valid Accounts T1082 System Information Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery T1090.001 Internal Proxy T1090.002 External Proxy T1098 Account Manipulation T1102.002 Bidirectional Communication T1104 Multi-Stage Channels T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer T1106 Native API T1110.003 Password Spraying T1124 System Time Discovery T1132.001 Standard Encoding T1134.002 Create Process with Token T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information T1189 Drive-by Compromise T1202 Indirect Command Execution T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1204.002 Malicious File T1218 System Binary Proxy Execution T1218.005 Mshta T1218.011 Rundll32 T1485 Data Destruction T1489 Service Stop T1491.001 Internal Defacement T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot T1542.003 Bootkit T1543.003 Windows Service T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1547.009 Shortcut Modification T1553.002 Code Signing T1557.001 Name Resolution Poisoning and SMB Relay T1560 Archive Collected Data T1560.002 Archive via Library T1560.003 Archive via Custom Method T1561.001 Disk Content Wipe T1561.002 Disk Structure Wipe T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 Spearphishing Link T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service T1571 Non-Standard Port T1573.001 Symmetric Cryptography T1574.001 DLL T1574.013 KernelCallbackTable

Recent activity

References

From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.