--- title: Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack description: Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-backed group, used a Microsoft zero-day exploit and an improved rootkit called FudModule to carry out a recent cyberattack. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack | daily.dev og:description: Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-backed group, used a Microsoft zero-day exploit and an improved rootkit called FudModule to carry out a recent cyberattack. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bjoZo0meA.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-backed group, used a Microsoft zero-day exploit and an improved rootkit called FudModule to carry out a recent cyberattack. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#zero-day](https://daily.dev/tags/zero-day) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea"},"datePublished":"2024-03-01T00:21:31.344Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-backed group, used a Microsoft zero-day exploit and an improved rootkit called FudModule to carry out a recent cyberattack.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f3fc27ef1218f84b4fad53a106fa6258?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f3fc27ef1218f84b4fad53a106fa6258?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Dark Reading","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Dark Reading","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/dr","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-zero-day-used-by-lazarus-in-rootkit-attack-bjozo0mea","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,microsoft,zero-day","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dark Reading","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microsoft Zero Day Used by Lazarus in Rootkit Attack"}]} ```