Morning Overview on MSN

More than 17,000 fake GitHub projects are handing downloaders password-stealing malware

The security firm Apiiro counts 17,610 malicious repositories in the FakeGit campaign on GitHub, a fleet of fake projects ...
Windows Report

FakeGit Floods GitHub With Over 17,000 Malware Repos

FakeGit returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repositories spreading SmartLoader and StealC malware through deceptive ...
BleepingComputer

FakeGit campaign uses 7,600 GitHub repos to push SmartLoader malware

A large-scale operation dubbed ‘FakeGit’ is pushing SmartLoader and StealC malware through 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories that accumulated more than 14 million downloads. Over 800 repositories ...

FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos

More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer.
Crypto Briefing

GitHub reinstates controversial ‘AI torture chamber’ repository after backlash

GitHub pulled, then restored, an 'ai-torture-chamber' repo that steers small AI models into distress-like outputs after ...
Dark Reading

Millions of Malicious Repositories Flood GitHub

Cyberattackers in just the last few months have registered more than 100,000 — but by some estimates more than a million — malicious copycat repositories on GitHub. The "repo confusion" scheme is ...
Ars Technica

GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack

GitHub is struggling to contain an ongoing attack that’s flooding the site with millions of code repositories. These repositories contain obfuscated malware that steals passwords and cryptocurrency ...