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New North Korean campaign uses fake coding interviews to steal developer credentials

Date (as written)
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Year
2026

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Elastic Security Labs

New North Korean campaign uses fake coding interviews to steal developer credentials · Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT
DPRK-aligned hackers hid malware inside SVG flag images to backdoor developer job interview coding tests. Not one antivirus vendor caught it.
https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/threat-command/contagious-interview-malware-svg-steganography

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