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Anatomy of a Failed (Nation-State?) Attack

grack.com published 2026-06-257 min read

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.

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