Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

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Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

June 16, 2026 dirk 0 Comments 3 tags

Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver malware called NarwhalRAT.

“The attack email contained a message impersonating an MS account security alert,” the Genians Security Center (GSC) said. “It was designed to create concern over possible

Source: The Hacker News

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