Pyongyang Hackers Deploy Backdoors Via Fake Job Interviews

North Korean Prediliction for Elaborate Social Engineering Attacks Strikes Again Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • April 29, 2024

Likely North Korean threat actors are using fake job interviews to trick software developers into downloading disguised Python backdoors as part of an ongoing espionage campaign.

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The attackers construct fake job interview scenarios designed to appear legitimate and enticing to developers seeking employment opportunities.

Once a victim has been lured in, the attackers instruct them to download seemingly harmless files from GitHub repositories, purportedly as part of the interview process, according to a report from Securonix, which is tracking the campaign as Dev#Popper.

Pyongyang hackers have a history of constructing elaborate social engineering ruses to infect computers that belong to security ...