Matt Mastracci

Matt Mastracci — software developer. Blog posts on systems, programming, and tech experiments, plus open-source code projects and writing.

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Anatomy of a Failed (Nation-State?) Attack

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A fake-interview scam tried to backdoor my machine with PinpinRAT, hidden in a malicious TypeScript patch. Analysis of the attack, payload, and indicators of compromise.