The story is in the headline - "The podcast I was booked on turned out to be a social engineering scam to get me to install malware." Normally I wouldn't link to a LinkedIn post but I think the lesson is clear and urgent: "Never, ever install custom software for a meeting or podcast." Joan Westenberg described in her post how "their prep was impeccable w. better interview questions than most journalists" and how "they sent screenshots of themselves 'on the call' to pressure me." Here's a Claude analysis of the software they asked her to install.
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