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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 3 months ago

I found 1000 GitHub repos with malware. Can we get them deleted?

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I found 1000 GitHub repos with malware. Can we get them deleted?

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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 3 months ago
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Github scam investigation: Thousands of "mods" and "cracks" stealing your data
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While looking through the articles on a "social engineering" themed forum I discovered a relatively new scam scheme that shocked me. People create thousands of GitHub repositories with all sorts of things - from Roblox and Fortnite mods to "cracked" FL Studio and Photoshop. As soon as you download and

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