I was asked to install malware during a fake interview
Once or twice a month, I get a reach out to join as a technical advisor. I got two in the last month, except both were fake and meant to install malware on my machine! Both had a similar script. Someone reached out over LinkedIn to join their team as a technical advisor. Then they share a link to their code respository - without even asking me to sign an NDA or adding me to their org! Then I was asked to try out the code where doing npm install alone would have triggered the malware. Here are the stories in detail. ...