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Beware: Lazarus Group’s VMConnect Campaign Still Haunting Python Developers!
Python developers beware: the Lazarus Group’s VMConnect campaign is back, hiding malware in open-source packages and posing as job interviews.
Hot Take:
Oh, Lazarus Group, you cheeky devils! From coding challenges to Base64 encoded malware? Talk about turning a job interview into a cybersecurity nightmare. If only their dedication to hacking could be redirected to something more productive, like fixing Windows updates.
Key Points:
- Lazarus Group is back with the VMConnect campaign, targeting Python developers with malicious packages.
- Three new malicious packages, tablediter, request-plus, and requestspro, have been identified.
- Malware is hidden in altered pyperclip and pyrebase modules, using Base64 encoding to obfuscate the code.
- The campaign involves tricking job candidates into fixing “bugs” in password manager apps.
- Organizations are advised to educate developers about the dangers of downloading unknown code.
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