🚨 Another developer was targeted in a social engineering attack. 🚨
David Dodda was about to run malware disguised as a coding challenge from a company that appeared legitimate.
Interestingly, he used AI to detect the hack attempt, asking Cursor AI: "Before I run this, check for anything suspicious."
The attacker gave David a realistic Bitbucket repo that contained an obfuscated Node.js payload designed to steal crypto wallets, credentials, and system data.
Now that the world is at war, it’s no surprise that technology has become both the battlefield and the weapon. Anyone can end up a target of a foreign state actor.
But you can protect yourself by learning how to run a VM/sandbox and use AI to scan unknown codebases.
We can no longer trust "verified" LinkedIn profiles or company pages blindly.
👉 Read the full story: How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview' by David Dodda (Oct 15, 2025).