{"id":54849,"date":"2023-12-13T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/35295\/Think-Tank-Report-Labels-NSO-Lazarus-As-Cyber-Mercenaries.html"},"modified":"2023-12-13T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T15:12:08","slug":"think-tank-report-labels-nso-lazarus-as-cyber-mercenaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/think-tank-report-labels-nso-lazarus-as-cyber-mercenaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Tank Report Labels NSO, Lazarus As Cyber Mercenaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybercrime gangs like the notorious Lazarus group and spyware vendors like Israel’s NSO should be considered cyber mercenaries \u2013 and become the subject of a concerted international response \u2013 according to a Monday report from Delhi-based think tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF).<\/p>\n

Author Fitri Bintang Timur argued<\/a> the term mercenary applies because, as amendments to the Geneva Convention put it, mercenaries are “an entity having the motivation to gain financial or material compensation in return for their willingness to fight for the recruiter’s country.”<\/p>\n

The modern equivalent is those who carry out their operations using information technology and networks \u2013 hence the term cyber mercenaries. Such groups have been noted and studied by groups like Citizen Lab and Amnesty International since the early 2010s but are often considered mere criminals.<\/p>\n