Security News > 2025 > February > North Korean Hackers Exploit PowerShell Trick to Hijack Devices in New Cyberattack
2025-02-12 10:43
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
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/north-korean-hackers-exploit-powershell.html
Related news
- North Korean hackers stole $1.3 billion worth of crypto this year (source)
- North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin (source)
- FBI links North Korean hackers to $308 million crypto heist (source)
- Hackers exploit DoS flaw to disable Palo Alto Networks firewalls (source)
- North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign (source)
- Hackers exploit Four-Faith router flaw to open reverse shells (source)
- Hackers exploit KerioControl firewall flaw to steal admin CSRF tokens (source)
- Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners (source)
- Hackers exploit critical Aviatrix Controller RCE flaw in attacks (source)
- Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet (source)