Threat Watcher

A North Korea-linked operation known as “Contagious Interview” posed as recruiters and employers to lure developers into completing “job assessments” or “coding tests,” which led to malware infection. Investigators say at least 30,000 devices were compromised across 100+ countries, and…

Researchers found attackers impersonating LastPass with a fake GitHub “LastPass Authenticator” download page that tricks people into downloading a large ZIP and running a fake installer. The installer uses a Microsoft-signed Windows driver to shut down antivirus/EDR tools, then runs a password…

Attackers used fake “LastPass Authenticator” and fake macOS LastPass pages on GitHub to trick people into downloading a malicious installer. The campaign relied on SEO so the fraudulent GitHub page appeared near the top of search results, then redirected victims through multiple pages to a download…

Researchers found a network of 100+ polished look‑alike subscription websites that impersonate real products (and invent new ones) to sell expensive “AI” plans. The sites rely on professional landing pages and a real Google sign-in flow to appear legitimate, then steer visitors into paid…

Researchers observed real-world infections where compromised WordPress sites showed a fake “Cloudflare Turnstile” verification and instructed visitors to press Win+R and run a PowerShell command. The attacker’s page guides victims step-by-step (and reports progress back to the operator) to execute…

A real-world social engineering attempt used a legitimate Google Doc to trick a target into manually running commands that installed malware. The attacker posed as a crypto marketing executive and used a fake “decryption failure” message and a “manual update” button as the lure, leading to an…

Researchers tracked a real ClickFix-style social engineering campaign where victims are persuaded to paste and run a command that installs a fake “Spotify” Windows installer. The installer deploys a Node.js-based remote access trojan (ChainScript) that gives attackers interactive control, while…

The Rust project warned of an active social engineering campaign targeting Rust team members and popular crate maintainers. Attackers pose as recruiters or contractors, lure developers into video calls, then trick them into installing software or running pasted code to steal credentials and publish…

The FBI warns about phone scams where callers impersonate police or federal agents and threaten arrest unless the victim pays immediately. The scams use pressure tactics (keeping victims on the phone, urging secrecy) and push hard-to-trace payments like prepaid cards, crypto, wire transfers, or…

The Rust Project warned that attackers are approaching Rust contributors and crate maintainers with believable recruiter outreach and “company” profiles, then using interview video calls to trick targets into installing malware or running commands. The activity is described as similar to North…

Authorities say a North Korean group posed as recruiters and ran fake technical interviews to convince job seekers to execute malicious code. The operation infected over 30,000 devices, led to thousands of compromised cryptocurrency wallets, and allegedly generated over $10 million for North Korea.

Following a Revolut data breach, scammers sent text messages that appeared to come from the same message thread as legitimate Revolut texts. The texts pushed victims to click a link for a fake identity “liveness check,” request camera access, and then capture passwords, information that could be…

Researchers describe real-world “ClickFix” social-engineering lures that trick people into installing malware by downloading fake apps (like Spotify/Zoom/Teams) or copying commands into Terminal. One campaign abused a compromised, verified HBO Max Reddit account to run malicious ads, while another…

North Korea–linked "Jade Sleet" used job interview-style coding projects to trick developers into running malicious infrastructure code. The lure involved GitHub repositories that contained a weaponized Terraform file, leading to downloads from attacker-controlled domains and installation of macOS…

A person posing as a government agency used an email address on that agency’s real domain to obtain sensitive customer records from Revolut. The same weekly roundup also describes a fake antivirus renewal web page impersonating Avast, telling victims their subscription renewed for €129.99 and…

Microsoft says attackers are impersonating IT support and using “passkey/MFA/SSO update” requests to trick employees into authenticating attacker-controlled sessions. The campaigns use attacker-in-the-middle phishing sites or device-code logins to capture valid session tokens, then access Microsoft…

Attackers breached Brevo and used a stolen Cloudflare API key to inject malicious code into Brevo-hosted scripts that thousands of customer websites load. Visitors saw a fake “prove you’re human” prompt meant to trick them into running a command, and logged-in WordPress admins risked having a…

Microsoft says attackers have been compromising Microsoft 365 cloud accounts by posing as internal IT staff and pressuring employees to “update” passkeys or sign-in settings. Victims are directed to lookalike sign-in pages or tricked into authorizing attacker access via device-code sign-in, after…

An alleged North Korean operation called “WaterPlum” targeted job seekers by posing as AI and blockchain companies and using the interview process to trick applicants into downloading malicious files. Authorities say the campaign infected tens of thousands of devices worldwide and led to theft from…

An international advisory says North Korea–linked actors posing as recruiters tricked jobseekers into downloading “coding assignments” during fake interview processes. Opening the files installed backdoors and malware, enabling theft from over 7,000 crypto wallets and supporting at least $10.71M in…