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GitHub Actions artifacts found leaking auth tokens in popular projects
Multiple high-profile open-source projects, including those from Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Red Hat, were found to leak GitHub authentication tokens through GitHub Actions artifacts in CI/CD workflows. Attackers stealing these tokens could gain unauthorized access to private repositories, steal source code, or inject malicious code into projects. The discovery by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 […]
Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service
Threat actors known as ‘Stargazer Goblin’ have created a malware Distribution-as-a-Service (DaaS) from over 3,000 fake accounts on GitHub that push information-stealing malware. The malware delivery service is called Stargazers Ghost Network and it utilizes GitHub repositories along with compromised WordPress sites to distribute password-protected archives that contain malware. In most cases, the malware are infostealers, such […]