Friday, February 28, 2025

GitHub

New GitHub Scam Uses Fake “Mods” and “Cracks” to Steal User Data

A sophisticated malware campaign leveraging GitHub repositories disguised as game modifications and cracked software has been uncovered, exposing a dangerous convergence of social engineering tactics and automated credential harvesting.Security...

200 Malicious GitHub Repositories Distributing Malware to Developers

A sophisticated malware campaign dubbed GitVenom has infected over 200 GitHub repositories, targeting developers with fake projects masquerading as legitimate tools.The repositories, active for nearly two...

GitVenom Campaign Abuses Thousands of GitHub Repositories to Infect Users

The GitVenom campaign, a sophisticated cyber threat, has been exploiting GitHub repositories to spread malware and steal cryptocurrency.This campaign involves creating hundreds of...

Hackers Delivering Malware Bundled with Fake Job Interview Challenges

ESET researchers have uncovered a series of malicious activities orchestrated by a North Korea-aligned group known as DeceptiveDevelopment, active since early 20241.The cybercriminals...

GPT-4o Copilot Covers More Than 30 Popular Programming Languages

GitHub has launched GPT-4o Copilot, a refined code completion model now available to Visual Studio Code users.Built on the GPT-4o mini architecture and trained on over 275,000 high-quality...

Cybercriminals Exploit Pyramid Pentesting Tool for Covert C2 Communications

Cybersecurity analysts have identified that hackers are leveraging the open-source Pyramid pentesting tool to establish stealthy command-and-control (C2) communications.Originally designed as a post-exploitation...

SAML Bypass Authentication on GitHub Enterprise Servers to Login as Other User Account

A severe security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23369, has been identified in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), allowing attackers to bypass SAML authentication and impersonate other...

GitHub Copilot’s New Agent Mode Enables Autonomous Code Completion

GitHub has once again raised the bar for productivity in software development with the launch of its revolutionary "Agent Mode" for GitHub Copilot.This new...

Cybercriminals Exploit GitHub Infrastructure to Distribute Lumma Stealer

In a recent investigation, Trend Micro's Managed XDR team identified a sophisticated malware campaign exploiting GitHub's release infrastructure to distribute Lumma Stealer, along with...

GitHub Copilot Vulnerability Exploited to Train Malicious AI Models

GitHub Copilot, the popular AI-powered code-completion tool, has come under scrutiny after Apex Security's research unveiled two major vulnerabilities.The findings highlight weaknesses in...

GitHub Vulnerability Exposes User Credentials via Malicious Repositories

A cybersecurity researcher recently disclosed several critical vulnerabilities affecting Git-related projects, revealing how improper handling of credential protocols can lead to sensitive data leaks....