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GitHub abused to distribute payloads on behalf of malware-as-a-service
The use of GitHub gave the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) a reliable and easy-to-use platform that’s greenlit in many enterprise ...
GitHub users targeted with dangerous malware attacks - here's what we know
GitHub is an extremely popular platform in the open source world, and as such is under a constant barrage of attacks. This ...
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Hackers Use GitHub Repositories to Host Amadey Malware and Data Stealers, Bypassing Filters
Malicious GitHub repositories used by threat actors to host Amadey payloads and steal data, impacting targeted entities.
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Malware-as-a-Service Campaign Exploits GitHub to Deliver Payloads
A new malware distribution campaign leveraging public GitHub repositories as a delivery infrastructure for various malicious ...
Criminals are using a dangerous fake free VPN to spread malware via GitHub - here's how to stay safe
Security experts have warned of an emerging new cyber threat involving fake VPN software hosted on GitHub. A report from Cyfirma outlines how malware disguises itself as a “Free VPN for PC” and lures ...
It seems even DNS records can be infected with malware now - here's why that's a major worry
By using scripting tools, threat actors query the DNS records and reconstruct the malware without triggering the usual ...
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AsyncRAT's Open-Source Code Sparks Surge in Dangerous Malware Variants Across the Globe
Discover how AsyncRAT evolved from GitHub release to a widespread malware tool, spawning dangerous variants like DCRat and ...
Arch Linux pulls AUR packages that installed Chaos RAT malware
Arch Linux has pulled three malicious packages uploaded to the Arch User Repository (AUR) were used to install the CHAOS remote access trojan (RAT) on Linux devices.
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Malware finds unwitting ally in GitHub - InfoWorld
The malware looked up an HTML page stored in the GitHub project to obtain the encrypted string containing the IP address and port number for the C&C server, wrote Trend Micro threat researcher ...
Hundreds of Minecraft mods on GitHub are infested with hard-to-spot spyware
That seems to be the choice for the latest batch of spyware, which is hiding in mods for the indefatigable Minecraft, now getting a predictable boost from a smash-hit kid’s movie. According to Check ...
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GitHub: Here's how we're changing our rules around malware and ... - ZDNET
GitHub: Here's how we're changing our rules around malware and software vulnerability research Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer June 7, 2021 at 7:05 a.m. PT ...
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Cybercriminals spotted hiding cryptocurrency mining malware in forked ...
Cybercriminals have found another way to spread their malware: uploading cryptocurrency mining code to GitHub, according to security researchers at security company Avast. Developers 'fork ...