North Korea linked Lazarus hackers use fake job offers to target defence firms in India

North Korea-linked Lazarus hackers have revived their Operation Dream Job campaign with fake recruiter messages, malicious PDFs and a newly discovered Windows vulnerability. The attacks have targeted defence, aerospace and aviation organisations, including victims in India.

New Delhi: Fake job offers have long been a favourite trick for cybercriminals, and the latest campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus group shows why the method still works. A message lands from someone posing as a recruiter, the role looks genuine, the company name is familiar, and there is a PDF carrying what appears to be a proper job description. One click later, the victim may have handed attackers a path into the computer.

Check Point Research says it has tracked a fresh wave of the long-running Operation Dream Job campaign targeting defence, aerospace and aviation professionals, including victims in India. The campaign stands out for its use of a previously unknown Windows flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-68820, along with a newly identified backdoor named Troy. Microsoft released a fix for the........

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