Malicious Package

Overview tailwind-interact 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 tailwind-state 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 session-parse 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. On...

Malicious Package

Overview assert-json-not 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...

North Korean Hackers Spread Malware via Fake Crypto Firms and Job Interview Lures

North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview have set up front companies as a way to distribute malware during the fake hiring process. "In this new campaign, the threat actor group is using three front companies in the cryptocurrency consulting industry – BlockNovas LLC...

North Korean Hackers Deploy BeaverTail Malware via 11 Malicious npm Packages

The North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign are spreading their tentacles on the npm ecosystem by publishing more malicious packages that deliver the BeaverTail malware, as well as a new remote access trojan RAT loader. "These latest samples employ hexadecimal...

North Korean Hackers Target Developers with Malicious npm Packages

Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been observed publishing a set of malicious packages to the npm registry, indicating "coordinated and relentless" efforts to target developers with malware and steal cryptocurrency assets. The latest wave, which was observed between August 12 and 27,...

How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap

One of the oldest scams around -- the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data -- is on the rise, the FBI warns. Heres the story of a recent LinkedIn impersonation scam that led to more than 100 people getting duped, and one almost-victim who decided the job...

Beers with Talos EP 15: Landing a Job, Phishing Midstream, and Paul’s IDA Palette

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Episode 15 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos:img border="0" data-original-height="45" data-original-width="160" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-RSSZ9jbUY/WaWCkLGZnZI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Ciiz-Si4oA0cgR9tMGSGbT9336qr...

Eugene Kaspersky Chats With Facebook Users About Malware, Cybercrime and Piracy

Hi, folks! For the last two weeks each and every fan of official Kaspersky Lab Facebook pages worldwide had the chance to ask our CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, anything at all and we must say that some of our fans took this literally: Thank you for the hundreds of great questions! There’s nothing more...