Analysts expect Lazarus Group to evolve, clean up opsec
In crossing the threshold of unmasking an alleged Lazarus Group member last week, the Department of Justice showed the efficacy of combining private digital forensics with the long arm of the law. Yet if history is any guide, experts say outing the alleged hacker will do little to curb North Korea’s behavior. Instead, research believe the group will likely clean up its operational security and continue to evolve. In the years that Eric Chien, technical director of Symantec’s Security Response, has been tracking the Pyongyang-linked hacking group, “all we’ve seen is an escalation,” he said. “They’ve only gotten more bold and more experienced in their attacks.” The charges announced Thursday by the Justice Department against North Korean computer programmer Park Jin Hyok showed slip-ups in Park’s operational security, known colloquially as OPSEC. For example, investigators were able to tie email accounts apparently used by Park’s front company in China to spearphishing and reconnaissance conducted ahead of some of Lazarus’s alleged hacking […]
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