A researcher says North Korean operators used fake high-salary job offers to trick software developers into downloading an “interview test” program that installed malware. He reports evidence that 1,640 organizations across 57 countries were impacted, with hundreds suffering serious intrusions, often through contractors who had broad access across multiple companies.
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Developers are getting hacked by fake job interviews, over 1,600 companies hit from this one trick. The pitch is simple: a recruiter offers a high-salary dev role, then sends you an 'interview coding test' as a program to download and run. The moment you run it, malware installs silently. One compromised contractor laptop can expose keys and access to hundreds of client environments. If any interview asks you to download and run a coding test program, stop and report it to Security, use only company-approved assessment platforms.
Investigators found an exposed WebDAV server being used as a “malware delivery lab” with over 1,000 files for testing lures, filenames, and execution tricks. One active campaign impersonated Mexico’s CURP ID lookup site and delivered malware by opening a remote WebDAV folder via a Windows…
North Korea-linked BlueNoroff is using fake Zoom and Microsoft Teams meeting pages shared from hijacked trusted contacts (often via Telegram) to trick victims into “updating” Zoom/Teams and running malicious commands. The phishing kit also fingerprints the victim’s browser to identify installed…
This roundup describes several real-world social-engineering and human-abuse techniques, including trojanized “installer” lures (ClickFix), large-scale phone-based investment fraud, and stalkers misusing Chrome Sync after brief physical access. The items include clear workflows that can be turned…
Microsoft says a Russia-linked group compromised hotel and venue Wi‑Fi captive portals to show convincing fake prompts during the normal “connect to Wi‑Fi” flow. The prompts try to trick travelers into installing malware, running commands, or approving a Microsoft sign-in that grants the attacker…
Microsoft reports a Russian state-backed operation that compromises hotel and conference Wi‑Fi “captive portals” to redirect travelers to fake Microsoft 365 sign-in pages or fake update prompts that install malware. One method abuses Microsoft’s device-code login flow so victims unknowingly approve…
Microsoft says a Russian-linked group is abusing hotel and conference Wi‑Fi “captive portals” to trick travelers into entering corporate credentials or installing malware. Victims see what looks like a normal Wi‑Fi login flow, but attackers manipulate DNS/website traffic to redirect them to fake…
