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title: Decoy Microsoft Word Documents Used to Deliver Nim-Based Malware
description: A new phishing campaign is using decoy Microsoft Word documents to distribute a backdoor written in the Nim programming language. Netskope researchers Ghanashyam Satpathy and Jan Michael Alcantara provide insight into the challenges posed by malware written in less common programming languages.
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# Decoy Microsoft Word Documents Used to Deliver Nim-Based Malware

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 Nathan Zych

December 29, 2023

A new phishing campaign is using decoy Microsoft Word documents to distribute a backdoor written in the Nim programming language. Netskope researchers Ghanashyam Satpathy and Jan Michael Alcantara provide insight into the challenges posed by malware written in less common programming languages.

Read more: [Decoy Microsoft Word Documents Used to Deliver Nim-Based Malware](https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/decoy-microsoft-word-documents-used-to.html)

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