A fake client's project tried to hack my machine with RCE

#1

Post by sambhu » Fri, May 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC

A fake client's project tried to hack my machine with RCE
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Re: A fake client's project tried to hack my machine with RCE

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Post by sambhu » Fri, May 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC

Someone messaged me on LinkedIn pitching a project idea. The repo he sent had a remote code execution backdoor in it. This is what it did and how I survived the linkedin lead that turned malicious with a RCE backdoor

Re: A fake client's project tried to hack my machine with RCE

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Post by babueverest » Fri, May 22, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC

sambhu wrote: post #2

Someone messaged me on LinkedIn pitching a project idea. The repo he sent had a remote code execution backdoor in it. This is what it did and how I survived the linkedin lead that turned malicious with a RCE backdoor

This sounds scary. We need to be vigilant all the time.

Re: A fake client's project tried to hack my machine with RCE

#4

Post by sambhu » Fri, May 22, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC

babueverest wrote: post #3

sambhu wrote: post #2

Someone messaged me on LinkedIn pitching a project idea. The repo he sent had a remote code execution backdoor in it. This is what it did and how I survived the linkedin lead that turned malicious with a RCE backdoor

This sounds scary. We need to be vigilant all the time.

True, interesting to see that devs are getting targeted