Fake Researcher Profiles Spread Malware through GitHub Repositories as PoC Exploits
Fake Researcher Profiles Spread Malware through GitHub Repositories as PoC Exploits
14 June 2023
At least half of dozen GitHub accounts from fake researchers associated with a fraudulent cybersecurity company have been observed pushing malicious repositories on the code hosting service.
All seven repositories, which are still available as of writing, claim to be a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for purported zero-day flaws in Discord, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Exchange.
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