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North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams

North Korean attackers are using LinkedIn to target developers in a fake job recruitment operation that delivers malware, Google’s Mandiant reports. The operation sends a Python coding challenge containing COVERTCATCH malware, with the aim of compromising a target’s macOS system. Similar operations have been observed delivering other malware families, including RustBucket and KANDYKORN.

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