North Korean Hackers Deploy NimDoor Malware in Brazen Attack on Apple Devices
Apple's walled garden just got a new intruder—and it's wearing Pyongyang's fingerprints. North Korean threat actors have weaponized NimDoor malware to infiltrate Apple ecosystems, bypassing defenses with surgical precision. Here's how they're doing it—and why your MacBook might be collateral damage.
The NimDoor Backdoor: Silent, Deadly, and Very 2025
Forget clunky ransomware—this is espionage-grade code. The malware establishes persistent access, exfiltrates data, and laughs at endpoint protection. No zero-days needed; just old-school social engineering with a Kim Jong-un twist.
Why Apple? Ask the Crypto Wallets
High-value targets = high-value payouts. North Korea's Lazarus Group has stolen over $2 billion in crypto since 2018. Now they're going after Silicon Valley's shiny devices—probably because that's where the institutional money parked its digital assets before the last market crash.
Update your OS. Patch your systems. And maybe reconsider that 'hodl' strategy—your Bitcoin won't matter if it gets vacuumed into a Pyongyang wallet.
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