The US Cyber Commnad which has uploaded 11 malwares which are related to a North Korean Lazarus group. While investigating with several samples, US cyber command found that they belong to HOPLIGHT Trojan. This trojan is designed to gather information of the victim computer. According to ethical hacking researcher of international institute of cyber security this trojan uses public SSL certificates to communicate with cyber criminals.
In April, FBI has warned Homeland Security & infrastructure safety agency to issue an joint warning about the HOPLIGHT trojan. So companies can beware & can protect about their networks.
Malwares are available CNMF account in virustotal service. Or you can go to USCYBERCOM twiiter handles where all links are available.
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