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Sead Fadilpašić

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

North Korean flag with a hooded hacker.
  • Lazarus expanded Dream Job with a zero‑day, new backdoor, and advanced relays
  • Fake job lures, trojanized PDFs, and spoofed sites enabled high‑level compromises
  • Targets included defense and aerospace firms, prompting stronger phishing awareness

Security 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 never-before-seen webshell/relay.

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