Batten the Hatches: Cybersecurity with Military Mariners

Cyberwarfare has become a key component of contemporary geopolitical conflict. However, there has been extremely limited systematic investigation into how cybersecurity is handled by military organizations and personnel. The military context is unique compared to other operational ones, with...

How Do You Choose Your AI Component? an Interview Study of Secure AI Integration in Practice

The increasing adoption of Large Language Models LLMs as AI components in modern software systems introduces distinct security risks to the software supply chain. While many considerations and safety mechanisms are in place for components of the traditional software supply chain, the recent rapid...

CVE-2026-38566

HireFlow v1.2 does not implement CSRF token validation on any state-changing POST endpoint. All forms password change at /profile, candidate deletion at /candidates/delete/, feedback submission at /feedback/add/, interview scheduling at /interviews/add are vulnerable to CSRF. An attacker who can...

Mitigate or Fail: How Risk Management Shapes Cybersecurity Competency

Contemporary cybersecurity governance assumes that professionals apply risk reasoning. Yet major organisational failures persist despite investment in tools, staffing, and credentials. This study investigates the structural source of that paradox. Cybersecurity speaks the language of risk, but it...

Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories

Our research on Void Dokkaebi’s operations uncovered a campaign that turns infected developer repositories into malware delivery channels. By spreading through trusted workflows, organizational codebases, and open-source projects, the threat can scale from a single compromise to a broader supply...

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

Microsoft Defender Experts has observed the Contagious Interview campaign, a sophisticated social engineering operation active since at least December 2022. Microsoft continues to detect activity associated with this campaign in recent customer environments, targeting software developers at...

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

Microsoft Defender Experts has observed the Contagious Interview campaign, a sophisticated social engineering operation active since at least December 2022. Microsoft continues to detect activity associated with this campaign in recent customer environments, targeting software developers at...

North Korean PurpleBravo Campaign Targeted 3,136 IP Addresses via Fake Job Interviews

As many as 3,136 individual IP addresses linked to likely targets of the Contagious Interview activity have been identified, with the campaign claiming 20 potential victim organizations spanning artificial intelligence AI, cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software...

The US digital doxxing of H-1B applicants is a massive privacy misstep

Technology professionals hoping to come and work in the US face a new privacy concern. Starting December 15, skilled workers on H-1B visas and their families must flip their social media profiles to public before their consular interviews. It’s a deeply risky move from a security and privacy...

North Korea-linked Actors Exploit React2Shell to Deploy New EtherRAT Malware

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have likely become the latest to exploit the recently disclosed critical React2Shell security flaw in React Server Components RSC to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan dubbed EtherRAT. "EtherRAT leverages Ethereum smart contracts for...

NK Hackers Push 200 Malicious npm Packages with OtterCookie Malware

North Korean hackers escalated the "Contagious Interview" attack, flooding the npm registry with over 200 malicious packages to install OtterCookie malware. This attack targets blockchain and Web3 developers through fake job interviews and coding tests...

Malicious Package

Overview react-stateflow is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package...

Malicious Package

Overview jstoauto is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package. Once...

Malicious Package

Overview chai-await-utils is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package...

Malicious Package

Overview cwanner is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package. Once...

Malicious Package

Overview jsonpino is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package. Once...

Malicious Package

Overview react-flex-tools is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package...

Malicious Package

Overview json-oauth is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package. Once...

Malicious Package

Overview logify-pino is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package. Once...

Malicious Package

Overview react-adparser is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code associated with a social engineering campaign called "Contagious Interview." The attackers target developers through fake job interviews or coding test assignments that require the installation of this package...