Security News > 2025 > February > North Korean Hackers Deploy FERRET Malware via Fake Job Interviews on macOS
2025-02-04 12:11
The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have been observed delivering a collection of Apple macOS malware strains dubbed FERRET as part of a supposed job interview process. "Targets are typically asked to communicate with an interviewer through a link that throws an error message and a request to install or update some required piece of software such as VCam or
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