{"id":693,"date":"2024-04-27T06:44:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/bogus-npm-packages-used-to-trick-software-developers-into-installing-malware\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T06:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:44:42","slug":"bogus-npm-packages-used-to-trick-software-developers-into-installing-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/bogus-npm-packages-used-to-trick-software-developers-into-installing-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bAn ongoing social engineering campaign\u00a0is targeting\u00a0software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor.<br \/>\nCybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under\u00a0the name\u00a0DEV#POPPER,\u00a0linking it to North Korean threat actors.<br \/>\n&#8220;During these fraudulent interviews, the developers are often asked\u00a0An ongoing social engineering campaign\u00a0is targeting\u00a0software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor.<br \/>\nCybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under\u00a0the name\u00a0DEV#POPPER,\u00a0linking it to North Korean threat actors.<br \/>\n&#8220;During these fraudulent interviews, the developers are often asked\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bAn ongoing social engineering campaign\u00a0is targeting\u00a0software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under\u00a0the name\u00a0DEV#POPPER,\u00a0linking it to North Korean threat actors. &#8220;During these fraudulent interviews, the developers are often asked\u00a0An ongoing social engineering campaign\u00a0is targeting\u00a0software&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2024\/04\/27\/bogus-npm-packages-used-to-trick-software-developers-into-installing-malware\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}