Nation-State Attackers Actively Target COVID-19 Vaccine-Makers

Three nation-states cyberattack groups are actively attempting to hack companies involved in COVID-19 vaccine and treatment research, as per reports by Microsoft. Russia’s APT28 Fancy Bear, the Lazarus Group from North Korea and another North Korea-linked group dubbed Cerium are believed to be behind these attacks.
The primary attack methods used are password spraying and brute forcing employee accounts. These employees have also been subjected to spear phishing attacks, where attackers have managed to masquerade these emails coming from WHO officials. Microsoft declined to speak about any compromise of data, however at least one breach has been confirmed.
Reference:
https://threatpost.com/russia-north-korea-attacking-covid-19-vaccine-makers/161205/