TaskJacker
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Groups observed using it
1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
The OpenSourceMalware team has spotted a fresh twist in the DPRK's Contagious Interview / TaskJacker playbook... It's the same Contagious Interview social engineering — fake recruiter, "coding assessment" repo, multi-stage loader pulling InvisibleFerret-style implants for crypto wallet and credential theft — just delivered through a different live wire.
IOCs tracked for this family
5 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
Other indicator types observed in public reporting.
Recent activity
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
The content references TaskJacker as the malware discussed in relation to Lazarus Group using Git hooks to hide malware.
A DPRK-linked multi-stage malware delivery operation used in fake job interview/coding assessment lures. In this variant, a thin loader is hidden in Git pre-commit or post-checkout hooks, fingerprints the victim OS, retrieves a platform-specific payload from attacker infrastructure, and ultimately supports credential and crypto-wallet theft.
The version that knows your environment.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.