Beware: Lazarus Group’s VMConnect Campaign Still Haunting Python Developers!

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.