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

Elasticsearch Security Labs
Elasticsearch Security Labs
Published July 18, 2026Original Report

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Excerpt

Elastic Security Labs found a new Contagious Interview campaign, tracked as REF9403, hiding malware inside SVG image files using steganography. To our knowledge, this specific infection chain has not been previously documented. We found it after the DPRK-aligned group targeted our own community Slack workspace with a fake job posting and a "coding challenge" project. Any user who ran the project ended up with a four-stage payload aligned with OTTERCOOKIE: a browser credential…

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Diamond Model

SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYTA0009INFRASTRUCTURE188.40.64.61upload.rightwidth.dev195.26.248.212CAPABILITYunknownVICTIMunknown
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Infrastructure(6)
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16 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
SHA256cc97517f80f567977300450de11e9a0be53f52657525a20b1091c99fe9e45730MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA2568e571d58794b9b44ae53c2c67bedef72c500e8adbb80aab7a5c263adcba55b1eMediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA256fb94b2caee2c40635448a98ba0118421e19a400e74ccff73315f8fa42351f53fMediumScore 53/100First seen
IP188.40.64.61HighScore 72/100First seen
Domainupload.rightwidth.devHighScore 72/100First seen
SHA25696357529d17c4690826d5d4c74deac51743a5388733b3f04004d898f0635ef20MediumScore 53/100First seen
IP195.26.248.212HighScore 72/100First seen
Domainrightwidth.devHighScore 72/100First seen
SHA2563e6360f83a95540aa2176d279ca4694513afb1e5116a7ffe591c6b5bcf3b9c3cMediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA2564e7639045b4a64de60bfb6312951a5c3dffbd3fb04b84837663242ed27f09864MediumScore 53/100First seen
Domainldb.rightwidth.devHighScore 72/100First seen
SHA2569df01d242ef46adfedf8c35cb7cc67b1d27d7dc4a1ce74ab32e984090d579886MediumScore 53/100First seen
Domainfile.rightwidth.devHighScore 72/100First seen
Domaincontroller.rightwidth.devHighScore 72/100First seen
SHA256c5aed4c063d4970a03250778da8041da9e0c83d8f22d2f1994da0ad72567ebd9MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA25654bf36910d81ab516037cb3d69d7c85190f90aa0da9e58617799c1fc738dc5a9MediumScore 53/100First seen

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