# Lazarus rises: Warning over new HOPLIGHT malware linked with North Korea

**[computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3074007/lazarus-rises-warning-over-new-hoplight-malware-linked-with-north-korea](https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3074007/lazarus-rises-warning-over-new-hoplight-malware-linked-with-north-korea)**

Dev Kundaliya April 11, 2019

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North Korea has sought to raise funds via organised crime since the 1970s

**The new malware is thought to be the work of North Korean state-linked hacking**
**group HIDDEN COBRA, aka Lazarus Group**

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI have issued a warning over
renewed North Korean state hacking activity. They claim to have identified new malware,
named HOPLIGHT, which they...

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