Study: North Korean hacker group Lazarus uses Git Hooks to hide malware
May 9th news, according to OpenSourceMalware research, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus has adopted new methods in malicious activities targeting developers such as "Infectious Interview" and "TaskJacker," hiding the second-stage loader in the pre-commit script of Git Hooks.
"Infectious Interview" is a series of attacks by the organization that lure developers to clone malicious code repositories by forging recruitment processes in the cryptocurrency/DeFi field, ultimately stealing crypto assets and credentials. Researchers suggest that developers who are asked to clone code repositories as part of the interview process should be wary of such risks and should preferably run them in an isolated environment to avoid mounting personal browser configurations, SSH keys, and crypto wallets.