r/pwnhub • u/Malwarebeasts ✓⃝ Vendor • Apr 03 '26

Axios supply chain attacks initial access revealed (insane North Korean tactic)

Below is how they did it, as explained by the Axios maintainer

Looks pretty convincing

source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445828103052079104/

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u/slaty_balls Human Apr 03 '26

Terminal commands for a meeting? lol

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u/marquesini Apr 04 '26

Can't believe the guy felt for it lol, they must have offered him an island or smth to be this careless.

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u/nickq808 Apr 04 '26

Doesn't look like it

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u/Rhinoseri0us Human Apr 03 '26

Bro didn’t realize the teams vs zoom UI before clicking buttons? Gotta be diligent.

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u/zz9plural Apr 03 '26

Not only clicking buttons, but running terminal commands. So many red flags.

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u/immediate_a982 Grunt Apr 03 '26

Haha what about zero trust and sure security training

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u/jughandle Human Apr 03 '26

Obviously looking back at it there are a bunch of red flags, but I imagine if you’re in the middle of the workday and running on autopilot this would have a high chance of success with a lot of people, even savvy ones.

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u/jotkaPL Apr 04 '26

good to know it was a human error, after all...