Rustaceans warned of job interviews with a malicious payload
Matt Mastracci, who maintains packages on Rust's crates.io registry, said the supposedly recruiting business turned out to be defunct. The initial approach nevertheless appeared convincing and almost led to his machine being infected with a remote access trojan (RAT).The attempted deployment of a RAT resembles activity described in an international advisory issued last week by agencies in Australia, Germany, Japan, and the US. The evidence suggested that a maintainer's credentials had been compromised rather than the malware being deliberately introduced by the project's developers.Harvey urged Rustaceans to scrutinize unsolicited approaches even when the sender appears legitimate, and to conduct calls through trusted platforms. ® security
- ▪Matt Mastracci, who maintains packages on Rust's crates.io registry, said the supposedly recruiting business turned out to be defunct.
- ▪The initial approach nevertheless appeared convincing and almost led to his machine being infected with a remote access trojan (RAT).The attempted deployment of a RAT resembles activity described in an international advisory issued last wee
- ▪The evidence suggested that a maintainer's credentials had been compromised rather than the malware being deliberately introduced by the project's developers.Harvey urged Rustaceans to scrutinize unsolicited approaches even when the sender
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