Taiwan Heist: Lazarus Tools and Ransomware

This BAE Systems blog post analyzes a sophisticated cyber-enabled bank heist against Taiwan's Far Eastern International Bank, linking Lazarus-group tooling and a Hermes ransomware variant used possibly as a smokescreen. It provides detailed malware analyses (loader/spreader, backdoor, service DLL, Hermes ransomware), sample metadata and IOCs, SWIFT transaction analysis showing fraudulent MT103/MT202COV activity, and defensive recommendations for financial institutions.