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North Korea-linked campaign spreads across five open-source ecosystems
A North Korea-linked campaign has spread malicious packages across five open-source ecosystems, with a technical analysis saying more than 1,700 packages have been linked to the activity since January 2025.
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North Korean linked actors use malicious VS Code projects to deploy backdoor
Jamf reported North Korean linked actors abused Visual Studio Code task files to execute obfuscated JavaScript that fetches backdoors and enables remote code execution targeting developers who clone and open repositories.
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North Korean actors push 197 malicious packages to npm to deploy OtterCookie variant
Researchers say North Korean actors uploaded 197 malicious npm packages, downloaded over 31,000 times, to deploy an OtterCookie variant that evades sandboxes, establishes C2 access and steals credentials and crypto data; delivery used a Vercel URL and a now-unavailable GitHub account, and the campaign has also employed fake job-assessment lures to distribute Go-based backdoors.
