How to compromise your system with a job interview
A warning to software engineers regarding a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting job seekers on LinkedIn. Attackers pose as recruiters to trick developers into running malicious code disguised as a technical interview challenge.
Why it matters
This highlights a growing security threat where professional networking platforms are being weaponized to compromise developer systems and steal credentials.
The current situation on the IT job market is hard. So you are lucky when a recruiter on LinkedIn reaches out to you having a suitable match for a new position based on your prior experience. It might not be what it seems at a first glance.
"A relevant opportunity" with part-time remote work and a great hourly compensation is what surely pulls a lot of current Software Engineers into the conversation when a new job offer on LinkedIn comes in - so it happened to a friend of mine. The job offer was matching very well with the former experience and paired with speeding up the interview process with a quickly sent coding challenge after a couple of messages on LinkedIn.
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