Tag: github
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TeamPCP Hijacks Bitwarden CLI, Uses Dependabot to Deploy Shai-Hulud Malware
GitGuardian uncovers TeamPCP attack on Bitwarden CLI, abusing GitHub Dependabot to spread Shai-Hulud and poison AI coding tools. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/teampcp-bitwarden-cli-dependabot-shai-hulud-malware/
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Tropic Trooper Uses Trojanized SumatraPDF and GitHub to Deploy AdaptixC2
Chinese-speaking individuals are the target of a new campaign that uses a trojanized version of SumatraPDF reader to deploy the AdaptixC2 Beacon post-exploitation agent and ultimately facilitate the abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) tunnels for remote access.Zscaler ThreatLabz, which discovered the campaign last month, has attributed it with high confidence to Tropic…
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Tropic Trooper Uses Trojanized SumatraPDF and GitHub to Deploy AdaptixC2
Chinese-speaking individuals are the target of a new campaign that uses a trojanized version of SumatraPDF reader to deploy the AdaptixC2 Beacon post-exploitation agent and ultimately facilitate the abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) tunnels for remote access.Zscaler ThreatLabz, which discovered the campaign last month, has attributed it with high confidence to Tropic…
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Checkmarx supply chain attack impacts Bitwarden npm distribution path
Bitwarden CLI was hit by the Checkmarx supply chain attack. Version 2026.4.0 shipped malicious code in bw1.js via a compromised GitHub Action. Bitwarden CLI has been compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, researchers warn. The affected version, @bitwarden/cli 2026.4.0, contained malicious code hidden in the bw1.js file. The breach likely stemmed…
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Bitwarden CLI Compromised After Malicious GitHub Actions Workflow
Cybersecurity researchers at Socket have uncovered a major supply chain compromise affecting the Bitwarden CLI. Attackers successfully abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline to inject malicious code into the popular password manager’s npm package. This breach is part of the broader, ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign. Bitwarden CLI Compromised The compromised package, identified…
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@bitwarden/cli GitGuardian Views on helloworm00
Tags: githubGitGuardian analysis of the @bitwarden/cli compromise: GitHub used as C2, new Cloudflare exfiltration domain found, linked to April 22 Checkmarx KICS compromise via Dependabot. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/bitwarden-cli-gitguardian-views-on-helloworm00/
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@bitwarden/cli GitGuardian Views on helloworm00
Tags: githubGitGuardian analysis of the @bitwarden/cli compromise: GitHub used as C2, new Cloudflare exfiltration domain found, linked to April 22 Checkmarx KICS compromise via Dependabot. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/bitwarden-cli-gitguardian-views-on-helloworm00/
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The Butlerian Jihad: Compromised Bitwarden CLI Deploys npm Worm, Poisons AI Assistants, and Dumps GitHub Secrets
Mend.io tracks TeamPCP’s latest supply chain attack. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-butlerian-jihad-compromised-bitwarden-cli-deploys-npm-worm-poisons-ai-assistants-and-dumps-github-secrets/
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Hackers Use Hidden Website Instructions in New Attacks on AI Assistants
Cybersecurity researchers at Forcepoint uncover new indirect prompt injection attacks that use hidden website code to exploit AI assistants like GitHub Copilot. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-hidden-site-instruction-attack-ai-assistants/
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Attackers Exploit LMDeploy Flaw in the Wild Within 12 Hours of Advisory
A critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in LMDeploy’s vision-language module was exploited in active attacks just 12 hours and 31 minutes after its public disclosure, with no proof-of-concept code required. On April 21, 2026, GitHub published security advisory GHSA-6w67-hwm5-92mq, later assigned CVE-2026-33626, a high-severity SSRF flaw (CVSS 7.5) in LMDeploy, an open-source toolkit developed by Shanghai…
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Tropic Trooper Pivots to AdaptixC2 and Custom Beacon Listener
IntroductionOn March 12, 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a malicious ZIP archive containing military-themed document lures targeting Chinese-speaking individuals. Our analysis of this sample uncovered a campaign leveraging a multi-stage attack chain where a trojanized SumatraPDF reader deploys an AdaptixC2 Beacon agent, ultimately leading to the download and abuse of Visual Studio (VS) Code tunnels for…
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Malicious pgserve, automagik developer tools found in npm registry
Advice to victimized developers: Developers who have downloaded the malicious versions of pgserver and automagik need to act fast, says Tanya Janca, head of Canadian secure coding consultancy SheHacksPurple.”Rotate every credential you can think of, right now, before you do anything else,” she said. “Then harden your CI/CD network egress controls so your build runners…
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Microsoft’s GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch
Remember what we promised when you subscribed for a year? Well, we’ve got a new deal that’s better for us. First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/microsofts_github_grounds_copilot_account/
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Microsoft issues outband patch for critical security flaw in update to ASP.NET Core
UseCustomCryptographicAlgorithms API.A bug in the .NET 10.0.6 package, released as part of the Patch Tuesday updates on April 14, causes the ManagedAuthenticatedEncryptor library to compute the validation tag for the Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) using an incorrect offset.Incorrect calculation of security hashes results in the .AspNetCore application cookies and tokens being validated and trusted…
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109 Fake GitHub Repos Spread SmartLoader, StealC Malware
A coordinated malware operation is abusing fake GitHub repositories to distribute a LuaJIT-based loader, SmartLoader, and a follow-on StealC infostealer, with at least 109 malicious repos active across 103 accounts. The campaign blends cloned open source code, obfuscated Lua stages, and blockchain-backed C2 resolution to evade detection and keep infrastructure agile. Instead of relying on…
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NFC tappay gets tapped by hackers
AI was likely used: ESET researchers also spotted something unusual in the malware’s internals. Some traces suggested generative AI may have played a role in its development.Specifically, the injected malicious code contains emoji markers in debug logs, something more commonly associated with AI-generated output than human-written malware. The researchers noted that this isn’t definitive proof…
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Glassworm kompromittiert 151 GitHub-Repositories in einer Woche – Wie Glassworm vier Ökosysteme gleichzeitig unterwanderte
Tags: githubFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/glassworm-supply-chain-angriff-npm-github-vscode-a-34639846879661dca46be8f2cdaa98a9/
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Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and GitHub Copilot Exposed to Prompt Injection via GitHub Comments
Comment and Control prompt injection vulnerabilities discovered in AI agents, including Claude Code Security Review, Google Gemini CLI Action, and GitHub Copilot Agent. The research, spearheaded by Aonan Guan and Johns Hopkins University researchers, highlights critical architectural flaws in how these AI tools process untrusted user input within GitHub workflows. The Architecture of >>Comment and…
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GitHub Issue Alerts Exploited in OAuth Phishing Scam Targeting Developers
Hackers are abusing GitHub’s own issue-notification emails to phish developers and silently take over their repositories using malicious OAuth applications, effectively turning trusted DevOps tooling into a supply-chain attack vector. Developers are now prime targets because compromising their accounts gives attackers direct access to source code CI/CD pipelines, and production workflows, making this a textbook supply-chain attack…
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Wie Hacker über GitHub-Kommentare KI-Agenten von Google und Anthropic kapern
Ein Sicherheitsforscher hat eine neue Form der Prompt Injection aufgedeckt, die populäre KI-Tools wie Claude Code, Gemini CLI und GitHub Copilot verwundbar macht. Über präparierte Kommentare und PR-Titel können Hacker Schadcode ausführen und sensible API-Schlüssel extrahieren. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/github-kommentare-ki
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Three Microsoft Defender Zero-Days Actively Exploited; Two Still Unpatched
Huntress is warning that threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed security flaws in Microsoft Defender to gain elevated privileges in compromised systems.The activity involves the exploitation of three vulnerabilities that are codenamed BlueHammer (requires GitHub sign-in), RedSun, and UnDefend, all of which were released as zero-days by a researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse (…
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New CGrabber and Direct-Sys Malware Spread Through GitHub ZIP Files
Hackers spread CGrabber and Direct-Sys malware through GitHub ZIP files, bypassing security tools to steal passwords, crypto wallets, and user data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cgrabber-direct-sys-malware-github-zip-files/
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PoC Released for FortiSandbox Flaw Enabling Arbitrary Command Execution
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been publicly released for a critical security flaw in Fortinet’s FortiSandbox. Tracked as CVE-2026-39808, this severe vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the highest level of privileges. Security researcher Samuel de Lucas recently published the exploit details on GitHub, highlighting the…
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RCE by design: MCP architectural choice haunts AI agent ecosystem
sh, bash, powershell, curl, rm, and other high-risk binaries, they added.The core issue is that there’s currently no check in place to verify that a STDIO command is intended to initialize an MCP server rather than perform a malicious task. Furthermore, the researchers observed that even if the sent command fails to start the server,…
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GitHub lays out copyright liability changes and upcoming DMCA review for developers
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued in March has settled a question that has circulated among platform operators and developers for years: whether a service provider can be … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/16/github-copyright-liability-update/
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Hackers Are Using GitHub and Jira to Bypass Your Security
The modern enterprise runs on collaboration tools. Platforms like GitHub and Jira are deeply embedded in daily workflows, powering everything from development to project management. But that same trust is now being weaponized. New reporting from Cyber Security News reveals how attackers are exploiting notification systems within these platforms to deliver malicious payloads. Instead of…
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Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 163 CVEs (CVE-2026-32201)
Tags: advisory, api, attack, best-practice, cloud, container, cve, cvss, cyber, data, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, github, Internet, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, office, powershell, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, sql, startup, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-day8Critical 154Important 1Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 163 CVEs in the April 2026 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which was exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 163 CVEs in its April 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical, 154 rated as important and one rated as moderate. This is the second…
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Q1 2026 Open Source Malware Index: Adaptive Attacks, Familiar Weaknesses
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, cloud, credentials, crypto, data, github, guide, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, macOS, malicious, malware, open-source, pypi, risk, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, tool, update, windows, worm<div cla TL;DR Sonatype identified 21,764 open source malware packages in Q1 2026, bringing the total logged since 2017 to 1,346,867. npm accounted for 75% of malicious packages this quarter. Trojans dominated, with most activity focused on credential theft, host reconnaissance, and staged payload delivery. The quarter’s defining pattern was trust abuse: attackers succeeded by…
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Fake Proxifier GitHub Installer Spreads ClipBanker Crypto Malware
Hackers are abusing a fake Proxifier installer hosted on GitHub to deliver a multi”‘stage ClipBanker malware that silently hijacks cryptocurrency transactions from infected systems. The campaign combines search”‘engine poisoning, trojanized installers, and fileless techniques to stay under the radar while swapping victims’ wallet addresses with those controlled by attackers. The infection typically begins when users…