172.86.126.76
172.86.126.76 is an IP address
that 2 published sources report
in connection with Contagious Interview activity, which public reporting
attributes to North Korea (DPRK).
It is cited here from SlowMist and Will Thomas (@BushidoToken).
The earliest of those reports is dated 2026-07-18 and the most recent 2026-08-12.
ip address Contagious Interview RESEARCHER POST
Network
| Kind | data centre |
|---|---|
| Network | RouterHosting LLC |
| Announced by | AS14956 RouterHosting LLC |
| Country | United States |
| Flags | hosting range |
Sources
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Transcribed by hand on 27 September 2026 from SlowMist's analysis of a repository a fake Web3 recruiter sent a developer over LinkedIn. The post does not name North Korea. The cluster label rests on the malware: its HMAC key, SuperStr0ngSecret@)@^, and its layout of upload endpoints on ports 8085 and 8086 with a Socket.IO channel and /api/notify on 8087 are the same as in the stealer SANS ISC (diary 33006, 22 May 2026) tied to a DPRK OtterCookie command-and-control address and research.veryserious.systems (13 June 2026) attributed to North Korea's Contagious Interview activity. The repository and its owning account, the command-and-control address, the loader's SHA-256 and its file name are the values the post's IOC section gives; the six endpoint URLs on that address are not carried separately. Values are re-fanged and nothing else is altered.
slowmist.medium.com/threat-intelligence-analysis-of-a-github-poisoning-attack-disguised-as-recruitment-30fe23601305 — SlowMist -
A reply to https://x.com/unpacker/status/2087145269020561711 giving further addresses that match the same three-port OtterCookie query in the researcher's own telemetry. Like the hosts in the post it answers, these are fingerprint matches.
x.com/BushidoToken/status/2087454988414980358 — Will Thomas (@BushidoToken)
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