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Efosa Udinmwen

This new phishing strategy utilizes GitHub comments to distribute malware

GitHub Copilot X.
  • Github repositories are being infected with malware
  • Trusted repositories can bypass secure web gateways
  • Github comments are also being used to hide malicious files

In a new phishing campaign detected by Cofense Intelligence, threat actors used a novel approach by leveraging trusted GitHub repositories to deliver malware. The campaign is aimed at exploiting the inherent trust many organizations place in GitHub as a developer platform.

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