GitHub found four samples of this malware while querying repositories on the platform for any infected projects, one that looked like the initial version, first submitted to VirusTotal in August 2018, ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting GitHub to spread credential-stealing malware through fake repositories, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned. The campaign, dubbed “GitVenom,” involves attackers ...

More than one in every ten GitHub repositories sharing exploit proof-of-concepts could be holding some form of malware or malicious content, putting software developers and cybersecurity researchers ...

Researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have uncovered a malware-as-a-service operator that used public GitHub accounts as a channel for distributing an assortment of malicious software to ...

Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science found thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for various vulnerabilities, some of them ...

Github repositories are being infected with malware Trusted repositories can bypass secure web gateways Github comments are also being used to hide malicious files In a new phishing campaign detected ...

At least 26 different open-source code repositories were found to be infected with an unusual attack on the open-source software supply chain. The Octopus Scanner malware, which targets the Apache ...

Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered hundreds of open source repositories with multistaged malware targeting gamers and crypto investors within a new campaign that was dubbed ...

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' projects ...

Ian Spence, an open source software (OSS) developer, reported in a blog post the existence of malware that exploits GitHub notification emails. GitHub Notification Emails Hijacked to Send Malware - ...

Owners of Github repositories were the focus of a phishing campaign spreading the Dimnie information-stealing malware. Phishing emails zeroing in on developers who own Github repositories were ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, two platforms traditionally viewed as safe spaces for content creation, learning and open-source collaboration have become targets for distributing ...