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Developer discovered hidden malware in job interview project
A developer inspected their take-home interview project and discovered it contained hidden git hooks with malware. It turned out to be an attempt to infect the developer's machine through a fake job interview.
WHY IT MATTERS
This illustrates a growing threat against developers: using job interviews as a delivery mechanism for malware. It shows how important it is to inspect and verify code from sources you don't fully trust.
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