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Contagious Interview campaign (fake job interviews of IT engineers)

Date (as written)
active since 2022 (per Unit42)
Year
2022
Actors (as written)
FAMOUS CHOLLIMA (allegedly; unclear whether a Lazarus subgroup)
Actor pages
FAMOUS CHOLLIMA
Tags (as written)
social engineering; crypto theft; IT workers

Source entries (1)

JPCERT/CC Eyes blog: Practical Challenges of Attribution in the Case of Lazarus's Subgroup

Contagious Interview campaign (fake job interviews of IT engineers) · active since 2022 (per Unit42)
The attackers contact IT engineers pretending to request job interviews. It was first reported by Unit42 in November 2023 [24] , and according to the company, the campaign has been active since 2022.
https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2025/03/classifying-lazaruss-subgroup.html

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