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# [I had a fake job interview. It was a malware delivery chain.](https://blog.technopathy.club/i-had-a-fake-job-interview-it-was-a-malware-delivery-chain?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A fake recruiter tried to turn VSCode workspace trust into silent code execution. Here is the attack chain, the infrastructure, and the IOCs.

Apr 29 · 17 min read · blog.technopathy.club  
Updated May 11  
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I build systems that work — technically sound, security-first, and actually useful to the people who depend on them. Creator of the UNICORN Binance Suite — six open-source Python libraries with 3.3M+ downloads and 390+ dependent public projects — and Keep the Why, an open-source agent skill that preserves the reasoning behind engineering decisions alongside the code. Currently pioneering AI-driven open-source maintenance: running a controlled AI agent that maintains production code and documenting what this shift means for engineering teams. Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

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