A newly disclosed malware strain dubbed “StoatWaffle” is giving fresh teeth to the notorious, developer-targeting “Contagious Interview” threat campaign. According to NTT Security findings, the malware marks an evolution from the long-running campaign’s user-triggered execution to a near-frictionless compromise embedded directly in developer workflows. Attackers are using blockchain-themed project repositories as decoys, embedding a malicious VS Code configuration file that triggers code execution when the folder is opened and trusted by the victim. “StoatWaffle is a modular malware implemented by Node.js and it has Stealer and RAT modules,” NTT researchers said in a blog post, adding that t...