North Korean hackers have begun targeting European Drone manufacturer.

The Lazarus Group, a North Korean state-sponsored hacking team also known as Hidden Cobra and Zinc, has been using fake job offers to infiltrate organizations in the defense sector. Since March 2025, European companies involved in drone and aircraft component manufacturing have been targeted through social engineering tactics that delivered malware disguised as job-related documents. The attackers deployed the ScoringMathTea remote access trojan to gain full control of infected systems and steal intellectual property, likely focusing on UAV technologies. ESET suggests the campaign aims to support North Korea’s domestic drone development, which includes reverse-engineering Western UAVs and collaborating with Russia to produce low-cost attack drones.

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