- What: Abstract Security reports on the evolution of the Contagious Interview campaign's infection chains using VS Code tasks.
- Impact: Threat actors deliver backdoors like BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret via malicious tasks.json files.
2026-02-25 (Back to Inventory) Contagious Interview: Evolution of VS Code and Cursor Tasks Infection Chains - Part 1 Author(s): Abstract Security Threat Research Organization (ASTRO) Organization: Abstract Security js.beavertail py.pylangghost win.golangghost Open article directly Open article on Archive.org Related Articles 2026-01-20 â‹… Abstract Security â‹… Abstract Security Threat Research Organization Contagious Interview: Tracking the VS Code Tasks Infection Vector BeaverTail InvisibleFerret