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.
This weekly recap highlights multiple real-world campaigns where attackers trick users into taking actions that grant access, without needing to steal passwords directly. Notable examples include “device code” phishing (victims are instructed to enter a short code to approve an attacker session)…
Microsoft reports that the EvilTokens phishing-as-a-service platform helped criminals compromise thousands of organizations by tricking users into completing a legitimate Microsoft “device code” login. The lure drives victims to enter a short code at microsoft.com/devicelogin, which unknowingly…
Researchers observed real campaigns where a fake “AI crypto trading agent” website tricked victims into downloading malware that silently replaces browser wallet extensions and steals the wallet password when it’s typed. The same reporting also describes invoice emails using QR codes to push…
This news roundup describes multiple real-world social engineering operations, including a device-code phishing service that stole access to over 12,000 inboxes and a North Korean campaign posing as recruiters to trick developers during fake coding interviews. The attackers used legitimate login…
Research and incident examples show attackers increasingly using trusted collaboration tools (like Microsoft Teams and Slack) to impersonate IT/support or known community members, then push victims to phishing sites, approve MFA prompts, or run malicious files. Because messages come through…
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…
