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#GitHub
Forty-Four Hidden Hops: The Redirector Network Masking a Modular Malware Engine
A cluster of leased servers disguised as harmless GitHub-style redirects shows how modern crimeware can hide control traffic behind familiar web patterns.
GitHub and PyPI Draw a New Line Around Dependency Risk
A three-day Dependabot delay and a 14-day PyPI upload cutoff show how software platforms are turning timing into a supply-chain defense.
GitHub Slows the Dependency Firehose With a Hidden Waiting Game
A new three-day cooldown in Dependabot changes automated updates from instant reaction to release-age vetting, aiming to blunt fast-moving supply chain abuse.
GitHub Slams a Pause on Fresh Dependencies Before Automation Makes the First Move
A new default cooldown for Dependabot version updates is designed to slow the automatic adoption of newly released packages and narrow the window for supply-chain abuse.
GitHub’s New Dependabot Delay Turns Fresh Packages Into Waiting Room Cases
A default three-day cooldown for version updates changes how quickly automation can promote newly published dependencies into a maintainer’s review queue.
When Fresh Code Gets a Delay: GitHub Turns Time Into a Supply-Chain Filter
A new default cooldown in Dependabot shows how open-source defenders are using age, not just signatures, to slow risky dependency updates.
How a Trusted Build Pipeline Became a Launchpad for Server Attacks
A campaign involving compromised GitHub repositories and tainted Packagist releases shows how software delivery systems can be turned against cPanel and WHM operators.
Kimi K3 and the Redis Puzzle: What a 27-Minute RCE Hunt Really Suggests
A reported Redis vulnerability hunt by Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 points to a harder question for defenders: how quickly can agentic AI turn software behavior into a reproducible exploit hypothesis?
When Hosting Panels and CI Runners Become the Same Attack Surface
A credential-hunting campaign is turning GitHub Actions into a distribution layer for probing cPanel systems, showing how trusted automation can be repurposed into offensive infrastructure.
When Trusted Automation Starts Hunting Hosts
Abused GitHub repositories, compromised workflows, and polluted PHP package paths can turn ordinary delivery tooling into coordinated infrastructure for scanning hosting servers.
Exploit Archive Sprawl Puts Open-Source Defenders on a Shorter Clock
A public GitHub collection tied to the name Exploitarium has grown to 204 proof-of-concept files, a reminder that exploit research can quickly become a defender’s triage problem.
Thousands of GitHub Repos, One Familiar Trap: How FakeGit Turned Trust Into Delivery
A sprawling repository-abuse campaign linked to FakeGit used roughly 7,600 GitHub repos and more than 14 million downloads to push SmartLoader and StealC, showing how platform trust can become malware transport.
When Release Automation Turns Hostile: The AsyncAPI npm Incident and the Trust Problem Behind It
A reported package-publishing compromise in the AsyncAPI ecosystem shows how GitHub Actions, npm trust, and generator tooling can become a malware delivery path when release controls are subverted.
Machine-Readable Malware: Fake AI Skills Turn Trust Into a Delivery Channel
A malware campaign used deceptive GitHub repositories and AI-facing registry surfaces to make a loader look like a useful project, showing how quickly trusted setup paths can be turned against developers and agents.
When a Build Workflow Turns Hostile: The AsyncAPI npm Incident
A malicious release surfaced in a trusted package path, showing how compromised automation can turn software delivery into a malware channel.
The Wallet Trap No Hardware Chip Can Stop
A modular malware framework is being tied to fake GitHub lures and ClickFix-style prompts, but the real prize is not the device - it is the recovery seed typed into the wrong screen.
One Public Repository, One Live Credential: Why a Small Cloud Leak Becomes a Big Security Event
A government disclosure tied to AWS GovCloud keys in a public GitHub repository shows how exposed secrets can shift from a housekeeping issue to an urgent identity and access problem.
Hundreds of GitHub Repositories, One Malware Chain: The New Shape of Windows Staging
A staged abuse pattern built on public code hosting, Go, PowerShell, and dead-drop indirection shows how ordinary developer infrastructure can be repurposed for malware delivery.
When a Coding Assistant Learns to Tiptoe: Workflow Attacks Push Copilot Past Simple Refusals
A newly described jailbreak pattern shows how ordinary IDE interactions can be chained into unsafe AI-generated code, even when a single bad prompt is blocked.
GitHub’s Green Badge Meets a Hard Problem: Identity That Can Be Rewritten
Research tied to signed commits suggests that a trusted-looking hash can change while GitHub still shows “Verified,” forcing teams to rethink what their review process really proves.