SecTalks Gold Coast 3x3 - April 2026 - DPRK Contagious Interview Explained

Gold Coast SecTalks for April is Tuesday, 7th of April, 2026, at COHORT Innovation Space.

DPRK Contagious Interview Explained

OG speaker Paul McCarty will give us a sneak peek of his new research-based presentation, "DPRK "Contagious Interview" Explained". Contagious Interview is the North Korean DPRK threat campaign that has been ongoing since 2023. This campaign targets software engineers on LinkedIn, Fiverr, Upwork, and other platforms that offer high-paying developer jobs. As part of the job interview, a recruiter asks the developer to download source code from GitHub and identify issues in it, which is a very common occurrence in real job interviews.
Unfortunately, the jobs and the recruiter are fake, but the malware hidden in the source code is very real.

Paul McCarty is well known to the SecTalks group as he's one of the founding members. You can find Paul on LinkedIn or GitHub.

Drinks are provided by our sponsor, Solis, and pizza is provided by Cyber Audit Team. As usual, our venue is sponsored by COHORT.

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