North Korea’s job interview scam runs both ways

Sep 21, 2026 - 15:00
North Korea’s job interview scam runs both ways

Attackers are targeting members of the Rust Project and maintainers of widely used crates (Rust code libraries), dangling attractive opportunities to compromise their devices and accounts and, ultimately, publish malware. The warning came last week from the Rust Project’s crates.io team and security response working group, and described a recurring pattern: a target is invited to a video call framed as a job, contract, or collaboration opportunity, then nudged into installing something or running an … More

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