Lazarus Group
Lazarus Group is a North Korean state-sponsored cyber threat group attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Lazarus Group has been active since at least 2009 and is reportedly responsible for the November 2014 destructive wiper attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, identified by Novetta as part of Operation Blockbuster. Malware used by Lazarus Group correlates to other reported campaigns, including Operation Flame, Operation 1Mission, Operation Troy, DarkSeoul, and Ten Days of Rain. North Korea’s cyber operations have shown a consistent pattern of adaptation, forming and reorganizing units as national priorities shift. These units frequently share personnel, infrastructure, malware, and tradecraft, making it difficult to attribute specific operations with high confidence. Public reporting often uses “Lazarus Group” as an umbrella term for multiple North Korean cyber operators conducting espionage, destructive attacks, and financially motivated campaigns.
Properties
- Last source
- MITRE ATT&CK
- STIX ID
- intrusion-set--c93fccb1-e8e8-42cf-ae33-2ad1d183913a
- In Signal since
- initial import (Sep 2026)
- Retrieved at
- 2026-11-02T00:42:30+00:00
- Origin source
- attack_description
- Type
- intrusion-set
- Origin country
- KP
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (showing 30 of 93)
Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems. Account manipulation may consist of any action that preserves
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows. Window listings could convey information about how the system is used.(Citation:
An adversary may compress and/or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration. Compressing the data can help to obfuscate the collected data a
An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using a custom method. Adversaries may choose to use custom archival
An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using 3rd party libraries. Many libraries exist that can archive dat
Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service as a means for sending commands to and receiving output from a compromised system ove
Adversaries may use bootkits to persist on systems. A bootkit is a malware variant that modifies the boot sectors of a hard drive, allowing malicious
In addition to clearing system logs, an adversary may clear the command history of a compromised account to conceal the actions undertaken during an i
Adversaries may create, acquire, or steal code signing materials to sign their malware or tools. Code signing provides a level of authenticity on a bi
Adversaries may create a new process with an existing token to escalate privileges and bypass access controls. Processes can be created with the token
Adversaries may abuse dynamic-link library files (DLLs) in order to achieve persistence, escalate privileges, and evade defenses. DLLs are libraries t
Adversaries may destroy data and files on specific systems or in large numbers on a network to interrupt availability to systems, services, and networ
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to
Adversaries may use Obfuscated Files or Information to hide artifacts of an intrusion from analysis. They
Adversaries may buy and/or steal SSL/TLS certificates that can be used during targeting. SSL/TLS certificates are designed to instill trust. They incl
Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.g., endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, intrusion detectio
Adversaries may erase the contents of storage devices on specific systems or in large numbers in a network to interrupt availability to system and net
Adversaries may corrupt or wipe the disk data structures on a hard drive necessary to boot a system; targeting specific critical systems or in large n
Adversaries may acquire domains that can be used during targeting. Domain names are the human readable names used to represent one or more IP addresse
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing. Multiple ways of delivering exploit code
Adversaries may obfuscate then dynamically resolve API functions called by their malware in order to conceal malicious functionalities and impair defe
Adversaries may inject dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) into processes in order to evade process-based defenses as well as possibly elevate privileges. D
Adversaries may create email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use accounts created with email providers to further their op
Adversaries may gather email addresses that can be used during targeting. Even if internal instances exist, organizations may have public-facing email
Adversaries may embed payloads within other files to conceal malicious content from defenses. Otherwise seemingly benign files (such as scripts and ex
Adversaries may encrypt or encode files to obfuscate strings, bytes, and other specific patterns to impede detection. Encrypting and/or encoding file
Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an existing command and control channel. Stolen data is encoded into the normal communications chan
Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an un-encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel. The d
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code. Vulnerabilities can exist in software due to unsecure coding
Adversaries may use an external proxy to act as an intermediary for network communications to a command and control server to avoid direct connections
Software & Tools (26)
AppleJeus is a family of downloaders initially discovered in 2018 embedded within trojanized cryptocurrency
AuditCred is a malicious DLL that has been used by Lazarus Group d
BADCALL is a Trojan malware variant used by the group [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032
BLINDINGCAN is a remote access Trojan that has been used by the North Korean government since at least earl
Bankshot is a remote access tool (RAT) that was first reported by the Department of Homeland Security in De
Cryptoistic is a backdoor, written in Swift, that has been used by [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org
Dacls is a multi-platform remote access tool used by Lazarus Group
Dtrack is spyware that was discovered in 2019 and has been used against Indian financial institutions, rese
ECCENTRICBANDWAGON is a remote access Trojan (RAT) used by North Korean cyber actors that was first identif
FALLCHILL is a RAT that has been used by Lazarus Group since at le
HARDRAIN is a Trojan malware variant reportedly used by the North Korean government. (Citation: US-CERT HAR
HOPLIGHT is a backdoor Trojan that has reportedly been used by the North Korean government.(Citation: US-CE
HotCroissant is a remote access trojan (RAT) attributed by U.S. government entities to malicious North Kore
KEYMARBLE is a Trojan that has reportedly been used by the North Korean government. (Citation: US-CERT KEYM
MagicRAT is a remote access tool developed in C++ and exclusively used by the [Lazarus Group](https://attac
Proxysvc is a malicious DLL used by Lazarus Group in a campaign kn
RATANKBA is a remote controller tool used by Lazarus Group. [RATAN
RawDisk is a legitimate commercial driver from the EldoS Corporation that is used for interacting with file
Responder is an open source tool used for LLMNR, NBT-NS and MDNS poisoning, with built-in HTTP/SMB/MSSQL/FTP/LDAP rogue authentication server supporti
TAINTEDSCRIBE is a fully-featured beaconing implant integrated with command modules used by [Lazarus Group]
TYPEFRAME is a remote access tool that has been used by [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G00
ThreatNeedle is a backdoor that has been used by Lazarus Group sin
Volgmer is a backdoor Trojan designed to provide covert access to a compromised system. It has been used si
WannaCry is ransomware that was first seen in a global attack during May 2017, which affected more than 150
netsh is a scripting utility used to interact with networking components on local or remote systems. (Citat
route can be used to find or change information within the local system IP routing table. (Citation: TechNe
Attributed campaigns (2)
On 29 October 2026, starting at 20:05 UTC, about USD 6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was moved out of Binance wallets, most of it within about 20 minute
Operation Dream Job was a cyber espionage operation likely conducted by [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mit
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