Search results for "GitHub"

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  Beware: GitHub’s Fake Popularity Scam Tricking Developers into Downloading Malware

  Threat actors are now taking advantage of GitHub’s search functionality to trick unsuspecting users looking for popular repositories into downloading spurious counterparts...

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  Hackers Using Cracked Software on GitHub to Spread RisePro Info Stealer

  Cybersecurity researchers have found a number of GitHub repositories offering cracked software that are used to deliver an information stealer called RisePro....

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  Alert: Cybercriminals Deploying VCURMS and STRRAT Trojans via AWS and GitHub

  A new phishing campaign has been observed delivering remote access trojans (RAT) such as VCURMS and STRRAT by means of a malicious...

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  GitHub Rolls Out Default Secret Scanning Push Protection for Public Repositories

  GitHub on Thursday announced that it’s enabling secret scanning push protection by default for all pushes to public repositories. “This means that...

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  Open-Source Xeno RAT Trojan Emerges as a Potent Threat on GitHub

  An “intricately designed” remote access trojan (RAT) called Xeno RAT has been made available on GitHub, making it easily accessible to other...

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  GitHub Rotates Keys After High-Severity Vulnerability Exposes Credentials

  GitHub has revealed that it has rotated some keys in response to a security vulnerability that could be potentially exploited to gain...

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  Hackers Abusing GitHub to Evade Detection and Control Compromised Hosts

  Threat actors are increasingly making use of GitHub for malicious purposes through novel methods, including abusing secret Gists and issuing malicious commands...

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  15,000 Go Module Repositories on GitHub Vulnerable to Repojacking Attack

  New research has found that over 15,000 Go module repositories on GitHub are vulnerable to an attack called repojacking. “More than 9,000...

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  GitHub Repositories Hit by Password-Stealing Commits Disguised as Dependabot Contributions

  A new deceptive campaign has been observed hijacking GitHub accounts and committing malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions with an aim to...

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  Beware: Fake Exploit for WinRAR Vulnerability on GitHub Infects Users with Venom RAT

  A malicious actor released a fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently disclosed WinRAR vulnerability on GitHub with an aim to infect...

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  Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack

  A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw...

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  Fake PoC for Linux Kernel Vulnerability on GitHub Exposes Researchers to Malware

  In a sign that cybersecurity researchers continue to be under the radar of malicious actors, a proof-of-concept (PoC) has been discovered on...

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  Incidents

  Twitter’s source code leaked on GitHub, revealing proprietary information and security flaws

  The social media behemoth Twitter was recently dealt a significant setback when significant portions of its source code were published online and...

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  GitHub Breach – Hackers Stole Code Signing Certificates From Repositories

  GitHub announced that it suffered a security breach in which unauthorized individuals obtained access to specific development and release planning repositories and...

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  Incidents

  GitHub hacked again, GitHub Desktop and Atom repositories certificates stolen

  GitHub discovered illegal access to a collection of repositories on December 7, 2022. These repositories were used in the design and development...

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  Hackers Can Abuse Legitimate GitHub Codespaces Feature to Deliver Malware

  New research has found that it is possible for threat actors to abuse a legitimate feature in GitHub Codespaces to deliver malware...

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  Cyber Attack

  Hackers Breach Okta’s GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code

  Okta, a company that provides identity and access management services, disclosed on Wednesday that some of its source code repositories were accessed...

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  Data Security

  GTA 5 Grand Theft Auto 5 Source Code published on GitHub

  Yesterday evening, a number of Tweets with the “Grand Theft Auto V” source code appeared on social media. The source code was...

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  GitHub Repojacking Bug Could’ve Allowed Attackers to Takeover Other Users’ Repositories

  Cloud-based repository hosting service GitHub has addressed a high-severity security flaw that could have been exploited to create malicious repositories and mount...

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  Ransomware LockBit 3.0 code leaked on GitHub. Now Anyone can start their ransomware business

  Given that two people—or maybe the same person—leaked the LockBit 3.0 compiler on Twitter, it appears that LockBit has had a breach....

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  Incidents

  Microsoft employees leak their own passwords on GitHub, incredible as it may seem

  Large corporations are always in the crosshairs of hackers, who are constantly looking for new ways to access their systems. This forces...