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AI-powered malware hit 2,180 GitHub accounts in “s1ngularity” attack
Investigations into the Nx “s1ngularity” NPM supply chain attack have unveiled a massive fallout, with thousands of account tokens and repository secrets leaked. According to a post-incident evaluation by Wiz researchers, the Nx compromise has resulted in the exposure of 2,180 accounts and 7,200 repositories across three distinct phases. Wiz also stressed that the incident’s scope […]
Okta open-sources catalog of Auth0 rules for threat detection
Okta has open-sourced ready-made Sigma-based queries for Auth0 customers to detect account takeovers, misconfigurations, and suspicious behavior in event logs. Auth0 is Okta’s identity and access management (IAM) platform used by organizations for login, authentication, and user management services. By releasingg the detection rules, the company aims to help security teams quickly analyze Auth0 logs for […]
Hackers breach Toptal GitHub account, publish malicious npm packages
Hackers compromised Toptal’s GitHub organization account and used their access to publish ten malicious packages on the Node Package Manager (NPM) index. The packages included data-stealing code that collected GitHub authentication tokens and then wiped the victims’ systems. Toptal is a freelance talent marketplace that connects companies with software developers, designers, and finance experts. The company also […]
Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub
Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding assistant, including the implementation of “agent mode,” what contextual data is sent to large language models (LLMs), and the design of system prompts. The GitHub repository […]
Hacker targets other hackers and gamers with backdoored GitHub code
A hacker targets other hackers, gamers, and researchers with exploits, bots, and game cheats in source code hosted on GitHub that contain hidden backdoors to give the threat actor remote access to infected devices. This campaign was discovered by Sophos researchers, whom a client contacted to estimate the danger of a remote access trojan called […]
Linux wiper malware hidden in malicious Go modules on GitHub
A supply-chain attack targets Linux servers with disk-wiping malware hidden in Golang modules published on GitHub. The campaign was detected last month and relied on three malicious Go modules that included “highly obfuscated code” for retrieving remote payloads and executing them. Complete disk destruction The attack appears designed specifically for Linux-based servers and developer environments, […]
Recent GitHub supply chain attack traced to leaked SpotBugs token
A cascading supply chain attack on GitHub that targeted Coinbase in March has now been traced back to a single token stolen from a SpotBugs workflow, which allowed a threat actor to compromise multiple GitHub projects. The popular static analysis tool SpotBugs was breached in November 2024, leading to the compromise of Reviewdog, which subsequently […]
GitHub expands security tools after 39 million secrets leaked in 2024
GitHub announced updates to its Advanced Security platform after it detected over 39 million leaked secrets in repositories during 2024, including API keys and credentials, exposing users and organizations to serious security risks. In a new report by GitHub, the development company says the 39 million secrets were found through its secret scanning service, a security […]
Coinbase was primary target of recent GitHub Actions breaches
Researchers have determined that Coinbase was the primary target in a recent GitHub Actions cascading supply chain attack that compromised secrets in hundreds of repositories. According to new reports from Palo Alto Unit 42 and Wiz, the attack was carefully planned and began when malicious code was injected into reviewdog/action-setup@v1 GitHub Action. It is unclear how the breach occurred, but […]
GitHub Action supply chain attack exposed secrets in 218 repos
The compromise of GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files has impacted only a small percentage of the 23,000 projects using it, with it estimated that only 218 repositories exposed secrets due to the supply chain attack. Despite the small number, the potential security repercussions are still significant as some repositories are very popular and could be used in […]