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Well known for targeting victims with fake job postings, North Korea state-sponsored hackers have been discovered using a new variant of their BeaverTail malware to trick macOS users into downloading a malicious version of Microtalk, a video-calling service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Details about the latest campaign were published by cybersecurity researcher Patrick Wardle, who <\/span>explained in his writeup<\/a><\/span> that the threat actors likely lured their victims into downloading the updated BeaverTail-infected version of Microtalk by asking them to join a job interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Yes, even the cloned site states that you can ‘start your next video call with a single click. No download \u2026 is required,’ but I guess, who reads the fine print?” Wardle wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to stealing data from the victim’s device, BeaverTail also executes additional payloads, including InvisibleFerret, the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>The North Korean hackers<\/a><\/span> are a wily bunch and are quite adept at hacking macOS targets, even though their technique[s] often rely on social engineering (and thus from a technical point of view are rather unimpressive),” Wardle said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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