Security News > 2025 > February > North Korean Hackers Exploit PowerShell Trick to Hijack Devices in New Cyberattack

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has been observed using a new tactic that involves deceiving targets into running PowerShell as an administrator and then instructing them to paste and run malicious code provided by them. "To execute this tactic, the threat actor masquerades as a South Korean government official and over time builds rapport with a target before sending a

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