🛡️ **BREAKING: Lazarus Zero-Day Exploit Grants SYSTEM Privileges; Defense Contractors Actively Targeted**
Published Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 04:36 PM PT BLUF: North Korea-linked Lazarus group is actively exploiting an unpatched Windows zero-day to achieve SYSTEM-level code execution and deploy persistent backdoors. Primary targets are defense contractors and firms. Exploitation leverages social engineering (fake job offers) paired with the zero-day. Patch status unknown; immediate air-gap or elevated monitoring required for Windows endpoints in defense/critical sectors. ...