vscode-bootstrapper.vercel.app

vscode-bootstrapper.vercel.app is a domain that 3 published sources report in connection with PolinRider, Contagious Interview and Lazarus Group activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from OpenSourceMalware. The earliest of those reports is dated 2025-11-29 and the most recent 2026-07-10.

domain PolinRiderContagious InterviewLazarus Group CURATED

First seen 2025-11-29 · last seen 2026-07-10

Sources

  • PolinRider C2 subdomain used in .vscode/tasks.json curl-to-shell payloads. All PolinRider Vercel subdomains follow the URL pattern https://<subdomain>.vercel.app/settings/(mac|linux|win)?flag=<N> and are weaponized via a .vscode/tasks.json entry set to runOn: folderOpen, executing curl | bash against the subdomain on project open. Reported by OpenSourceMalware.
    PolinRider — OpenSourceMalware · published 2026-07-10 · pulled 2026-08-30
  • …- James Smith Email Addresses: - Ihzha Tamamy <ihzhatamamy@gmail.com> - James Smith <ellisfleming574@gmail.com> Domains: - vscode-bootstrapper.vercel.app ## Lazarus Group loves hosting payloads on Vercel DPRK threat actors have flocked to Vercel, and are now using it almost exclusively.…
    DPRK Contagious Interview Malware Weaponizes Microsoft VSCode Tasks | OpenSourceMalware — OpenSourceMalware · under “Multiple versions of this campaign” · published 2025-11-29 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …106 April 2026 `vscode-settings-bootstrap.vercel.app` 16 April 2026 `vscode-settings-config.vercel.app` 11 April 2026 `vscode-bootstrapper.vercel.app` 6 April 2026 `vscode-load-config.vercel.app` 6 April 2026 All five follow the same URL shape:…
    PolinRider DPRK Attack Expands Across GitHub | OpenSourceMalware — OpenSourceMalware · under “f) Five new C2 subdomains, all on Vercel, all used in the same tasks.json template” · published 2026-04-12 · pulled 2026-09-12

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