Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer's devices

The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, ...

Meetings, conferences, and workshops: Why we should still meet physically

Conferences, meetups, and on-site workshops seem like relics of the past. However, in a world of home offices, video calls, and AI, they are not.
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Malicious Next.js Repos Target Developers Via Fake Job Interviews

Linked to North Korean fake job-recruitment campaigns, the poisoned repositories are aimed at establishing persistent C2 ...

Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware

All of the execution paths identified by its research team are designed to trigger during the Next.js devs' normal working ...
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Malicious NPM package racks up 50,000 infections in days, developers fully compromised

A malicious NPM package, ambar-src, mimicking a popular JavaScript framework, was downloaded nearly 50,000 times in a few ...
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Microsoft flags malicious Next.js developer traps

Security researchers at Microsoft said the campaign targets developers who routinely clone public repositories for evaluation, collaboration or recruitment exercises. The attackers publish projects ...