> North Korea-Linked Hackers Target Developers via Malicious VS Code Projects
[DATE: 20/01/2026 18:41]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
The North Korean threat actors associated with the long-running Contagious Interview campaign have been observed using malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) projects as lures to deliver a backdoor on compromised endpoints.
The latest finding demonstrates continued evolution of the new tactic that was first discovered in December 2025, Jamf Threat Labs said.
"This activity involved