Security News > 2022 > May > Hackers Exploiting VMware Horizon to Target South Korea with NukeSped Backdoor

The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in VMware Horizon servers to deploy the NukeSped implant against targets located in its southern counterpart.

NukeSped is a backdoor that can perform various malicious activities based on commands received from a remote attacker-controlled domain.

Last year, Kaspersky disclosed a spear-phishing campaign aimed at stealing critical data from defense companies using a NukeSped variant called ThreatNeedle.

Some of the key functions of the backdoor range from capturing keystrokes and taking screenshots to accessing the device's webcam and dropping additional payloads such as information stealers.

"The attacker collected additional information by using backdoor malware NukeSped to send command line commands," the researchers said.

"The collected information can be used later in lateral movement attacks."

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