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GitHub is starting to have a real malware problem

ID: 0ce50fa1-09ee-5f37-bc06-a5457c5528a7

STIX ID: report--0ce50fa1-09ee-5f37-bc06-a5457c5528a7

Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2026-03-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Dissent

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Reports indicate an increasing trend of threat actors compromising or mimicking legitimate GitHub repositories to embed and distribute malware—commonly infostealers and remote access trojans—and promoting those booby-trapped repos via social media, black-hat SEO, and malvertising to lure victims.

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