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North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams

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​Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation.

These attacks employ coding tests as a common initial infection vector, Google-owned Mandiant said in a new report about threats faced by the Web3 sector.

“After an initial chat conversation, the attacker sent a ZIP file that contained Threat actors affiliated with North Korea have been observed leveraging LinkedIn as a way to target developers as part of a fake job recruiting operation.

These attacks employ coding tests as a common initial infection vector, Google-owned Mandiant said in a new report about threats faced by the Web3 sector.

“After an initial chat conversation, the attacker sent a ZIP file that contained  The Hacker News

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