Wednesday, June 11, 2025

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Malicious Actors Exploit SoraAI’s Popularity & GitHub to Distribute Malware

Threat actors are leveraging the growing popularity of OpenAI’s Sora, a cutting-edge video generation model, to distribute malicious software. Disguised as a legitimate shortcut file named "SoraAI.lnk," this information-stealing malware...

Hundreds of Malicious GitHub Repos Targeting Novice Cybercriminals Traced to Single User

Sophos X-Ops researchers have identified over 140 GitHub repositories laced with malicious backdoors, orchestrated by a single threat actor associated with the email address...

New Study Reveals Vulnerable Code Pattern Putting GitHub Projects at Risk of Path Traversal Attacks

A comprehensive research study has identified a widespread path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting 1,756 open-source GitHub projects, some of which are highly influential in...

Critical GitHub MCP Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Repositories

A critical vulnerability in the widely-used GitHub MCP integration, boasting over 14,000 stars on GitHub, has been uncovered by Invariant Labs, posing a severe...

DPRK IT Workers Impersonate Polish and US Nationals to Secure Full-Stack Developer Positions

A alarming cybersecurity report by Nisos has uncovered a sophisticated employment scam network potentially affiliated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This...

xAI API Key Leak Exposes Proprietary Language Models on GitHub

Employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI inadvertently exposed a private API key on GitHub for over two months, granting unauthorized access to...

Massive Attack: 4,800+ IPs Used to Target Git Configuration Files

A recent surge in cyber reconnaissance has put thousands of organizations at risk after GreyNoise, a global threat intelligence platform, detected an alarming spike...

CrazyHunter Hacker Group Exploits Open-Source GitHub Tools to Target Organizations

A relatively new ransomware outfit known as CrazyHunter has emerged as a significant threat, particularly targeting Taiwanese organizations. The group, which started its operations...

APT32 Turns GitHub into a Weapon Against Security Teams and Enterprise Networks

Southeast Asian Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group OceanLotus, also known as APT32, has been identified as employing GitHub to conduct a sophisticated poison attack...

Massive GitHub Leak: 39M API Keys & Credentials Exposed – How to Strengthen Security

Over 39 million API keys, credentials, and other sensitive secrets were exposed on GitHub in 2024, raising considerable alarm within the developer community and...

Prince Ransomware – An Automated Open-Source Ransomware Builder Freely Available on GitHub

The cybersecurity landscape has witnessed a concerning development with the emergence of "Prince Ransomware," an open-source ransomware builder that was freely accessible on GitHub...