Bleeping Computer

GitHub repos bombarded by info-stealing commits masked as Dependabot

Hackers are breaching GitHub accounts and inserting malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions to steal authentication secrets and passwords from developers. The campaign unfolded in July ...
Bleeping Computer

Millions of GitHub repos likely vulnerable to RepoJacking, researchers say

Millions of GitHub repositories may be vulnerable to dependency repository hijacking, also known as "RepoJacking," which could help attackers deploy supply chain attacks impacting a large number of ...
Dark Reading

Millions of Repos on GitHub Are Potentially Vulnerable to Hijacking

Millions of enterprise software repositories on GitHub are vulnerable to repojacking, a relatively simple kind of software supply chain attack where a threat actor redirects projects that are ...
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 ...
CoinTelegraph

GitHub investigates unauthorized access to internal repositories

GitHub said the activity involved the exfiltration of about 3,800 internal repositories, and it removed the malicious code extension. GitHub said on Wednesday it is investigating unauthorized access ...
CSOonline

GitHub Actions abused by Megalodon attack to slip malicious commits into 5,500 repos

Researchers say the campaign abused compromised access tokens and deploy keys to inject malicious GitHub Actions workflows into thousands of public repositories. A large-scale automated GitHub ...