Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

Cybersecurity researchers Kaspersky said they found 15 malicious repositories hosted on GitHub. These repositories, ...
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 ...

WebRAT malware spread via fake vulnerability exploits on GitHub

The WebRAT malware is now being distributed through GitHub repositories that claim to host proof-of-concept exploits for ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Millions Face RepoJacking Risk on GitHub Repositories

Security researchers have unveiled a new instance of repojacking that affects millions of GitHub repositories. According to an advisory published last week by Aqua Security Software, the discovered ...
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 ...
GIGAZINE

It's by design that anyone can access deleted or private repositories on GitHub.

GitHub allows anyone to access forks and repositories that have been deleted or set to private, and this behavior is by design and not a flaw, open source security firm Truffle Security said in a blog ...