Void Dokkaebi uses fake job interview lure to spread malware via code repositories


Void Dokkaebi, also tracked as Famous Chollima, is a North Korea-aligned intrusion set that systematically targets software developers who hold cryptocurrency wallet credentials, signing keys, and access to continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and production infrastructure.

As previously documented by TrendAI Research, the group poses as recruiters from cryptocurrency and AI firms, luring developers into cloning and executing code repositories as part of fabricated job interviews. This is a pattern independently tracked across the industryopen on a new tab since 2024, but less attention has been paid to what happens after the initial compromise.

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Source: Trend Micro


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