Threat Actor

Contagious Interview

Contagious Interview is a North Korea–aligned threat group active since 2023. The group conducts both cyberespionage and financially motivated operations, including the theft of cryptocurrency and user credentials. Contagious Interview targets Windows, Linux, and macOS systems, with a particular focus on individuals engaged in software development and cryptocurrency-related activities.

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Properties

Last source
MITRE ATT&CK
STIX ID
intrusion-set--46599a4a-77ee-4697-9474-2683b6464859
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Retrieved at
2026-11-02T12:53:29+00:00
Type
intrusion-set

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (showing 30 of 54)

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Acquire Infrastructure (T1583)

Adversaries may buy, lease, rent, or obtain infrastructure that can be used during targeting. A wide variety of infrastructure exists for hosting and

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Artificial Intelligence (T1588.007)

Adversaries may obtain access to generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as large language models (LLMs), to aid various techniques during

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Audio-Visual Content (T1683.002)

Adversaries may create or manipulate audio, image, and video content to support targeting and malicious operations. Adversaries may also use synthetic

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Code Repositories (T1593.003)

Adversaries may search public code repositories for information about victims that can be used during targeting. Victims may store code in repositorie

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Command Obfuscation (T1027.010)

Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection. Command-line obfuscation is a method of making strings and patterns wi

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Develop Capabilities (T1587)

Adversaries may build capabilities that can be used during targeting. Rather than purchasing, freely downloading, or stealing capabilities, adversarie

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Disable or Modify Tools (T1685)

Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.g., endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, intrusion detectio

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Domains (T1583.001)

Adversaries may acquire domains that can be used during targeting. Domain names are the human readable names used to represent one or more IP addresse

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Email Accounts (T1585.002)

Adversaries may create email accounts that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can use accounts created with email providers to further their op

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Encrypted/Encoded File (T1027.013)

Adversaries may encrypt or encode files to obfuscate strings, bytes, and other specific patterns to impede detection. Encrypting and/or encoding file

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Establish Accounts (T1585)

Adversaries may create and cultivate accounts with services that can be used during targeting. Adversaries can create accounts that can be used to bui

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Execution Guardrails (T1480)

Adversaries may use execution guardrails to constrain execution or actions based on adversary supplied and environment specific conditions that are ex

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Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041)

Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an existing command and control channel. Stolen data is encoded into the normal communications chan

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Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003)

Adversaries may steal data by exfiltrating it over an un-encrypted network protocol other than that of the existing command and control channel. The d

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Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567)

Adversaries may use an existing, legitimate external Web service to exfiltrate data rather than their primary command and control channel. Popular Web

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Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (T1567.002)

Adversaries may exfiltrate data to a cloud storage service rather than over their primary command and control channel. Cloud storage services allow fo

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File Deletion (T1070.004)

Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity. Malware, tools, or other non-native files dropped or created on a

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File and Directory Discovery (T1083)

Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file s

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Financial Theft (T1657)

Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own fina

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Gather Victim Identity Information (T1589)

Adversaries may gather information about the victim's identity that can be used during targeting. Information about identities may include a variety o

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Impersonation (T1684.001)

Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf. For

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JavaScript (T1059.007)

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution. JavaScript (JS) is a platform-independent scripting language (compiled just

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Keychain (T1555.001)

Adversaries may acquire credentials from Keychain. Keychain (or Keychain Services) is the macOS credential management system that stores account names

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Launch Agent (T1543.001)

Adversaries may create or modify launch agents to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When a user logs in, a per-user launch

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Mail Protocols (T1071.003)

Adversaries may communicate using application layer protocols associated with electronic mail delivery to avoid detection/network filtering by blendin

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Malicious Copy and Paste (T1204.004)

An adversary may rely upon a user copying and pasting code in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to cop

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Malicious File (T1204.002)

An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to ope

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Malicious Library (T1204.005)

Adversaries may rely on a user installing a malicious library to facilitate execution. Threat actors may [Upload Malware](https://attack.mitre.org/tec

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Malicious Link (T1204.001)

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to cl

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Malware (T1587.001)

Adversaries may develop malware and malware components that can be used during targeting. Building malicious software can include the development of p

Software & Tools (4)

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BeaverTail [malware]

BeaverTail is a malware that has both a JavaScript and C++ variant. Active since 2022, [BeaverTail](https:

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HexEval Loader [malware]

HexEval Loader is a hex-encoded loader that collects host data, decodes follow-on scripts and acts as a dow

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InvisibleFerret [malware]

InvisibleFerret is a modular python malware that is leveraged for data exfiltration and remote access capab

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XORIndex Loader [malware]

XORIndex Loader is a XOR-encoded loader that collects host data, decodes follow-on scripts and acts as a do

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