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Korea, Japan and India under attack by
APT group
consists of several components, such as a loader, an orchestrator
(which manages and co-ordinates the processes once a device is
infected) and plugins.
According to Kaspersky researchers, the first artefacts found relating
to MATA were used in or around April 2018.
Since then, the actor behind this advanced malware framework has
taken an aggressive approach to infiltrate corporate entities around
the world. It was utilized for a number of attacks aimed at stealing
customer databases and distributing ransomware.
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a series of attacks which
use an advanced malware framework, called MATA, to target
three platforms.
The framework is linked to Lazarus – a well-known and prolific North
Korean APT group.
In cases discovered by Kaspersky, the MATA framework was able to
target three platforms – Windows, Linux and macOS – indicating that
the attackers planned to use it for multiple purposes. The framework
According to Kaspersky telemetry, victims infected by the MATA
framework were located in Poland, Germany, Turkey, Korea, Japan
and India, indicating that the threat actor was not focusing on
a specific territory. Moreover, Lazarus compromised systems in
various industries, including a software development company, an
e-commerce company and an Internet service provider.
Seongsu Park, a Senior Security Researcher, said: “We expect
the MATA framework to be developed even further and advise
organizations to pay more attention to the security of their data.”
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