An unusually-high number of new malware variants linked to North Korean hackers may indicate a phase of increasing attacks against foreign targets, cybersecurity researchers told NK News on Tuesday. 

Malware analysts at Intezer identified ten new samples attributed to the Lazarus Group within the past two weeks, a number that is “not common at all” and may be aiming to exploit common fears related to COVID-19, Vice President of Research Ari Eitan said. 

“Those samples were uploaded from countries such as the United States and Canada, which may imply that NK tries to exfiltrate data and understand better what is