Security News > 2023 > November > Microsoft: Lazarus hackers breach CyberLink in supply chain attack
Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group has breached Taiwanese multimedia software company CyberLink and trojanized one of its installers to push malware in a supply chain attack targeting potential victims worldwide.
According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence, activity suspected to be linked with the altered CyberLink installer file surfaced as early as October 20, 2023.
Microsoft security experts have attributed this supply chain attack with high confidence to a North Korean cyberespionage group tracked by Redmond as Diamond Sleet.
After detecting a supply chain attack, Microsoft informed CyberLink and is also notifying Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers who were affected by the attack.
Microsoft also reported the attack to GitHub, which removed the second-stage payload as per its Acceptable Use Policies.
The group is thought to be behind many high-profile cyber attacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, the WannaCry ransomware attack of 2017, and the largest crypto hack ever in 2022.
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