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Popular GitHub Action Tags Redirected to Imposter Commit to Steal CI/CD Credenti

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15 Oct
GhostAction Compromises About 1,900 GitHub Accounts, Targets Over 30,000 Repositories

The credential-theft campaign known as GhostAction has ramped up, targeting more than 30,000 repositories across 3,000 users and organizations. The spike, according to

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22 May
Megalodon GitHub Attack Targets 5,561 Repos with Malicious CI/CD Workflows

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new automated campaign called Megalodon that has pushed 5,718 malicious commits to 5,561 GitHub repositories within a

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26 Sept
GitHub Actions re-enabled with Mini Shai-Hulud payload still active

Two third-party GitHub Actions previously compromised in a Mini Shai-Hulud campaign were re-enabled by their maintainer and remained accessible for more than a week despite still

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
23 Jul
Attackers Weaponize GitHub Actions Runners to Target cPanel and WHM Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a large-scale campaign that has turned compromised GitHub repositories into distributed attack infrastructure designed to target

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26 Jun
Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the supply chain attack linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware family that has compromised a new

REPORT · WHAT · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
25 Sept
Compromised GitHub Actions Came Back Online and Resumed Executing Mini Shai-Hulud Malware

Two actions-cool GitHub Actions have been disabled for a second time after the repositories became accessible last week, months after they were compromised during the May 2026

REPORT · WHAT · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
8 Apr
North Korea-Linked Hackers Use GitHub as C2 Infrastructure to Attack South Korea

<h3> Executive Summary </h3> <p>FortiGuard Labs has identified a sophisticated multi-stage attack campaign attributed to the North Korea-linked threat actor

REPORT · WHAT · Dev.toOPEN STORY
14 Jul
Nearly 300 GitHub repos pose as legit software to push malware

A threat actor has published hundreds of fake GitHub repositories impersonating legitimate software and security projects to distribute infostealer malware. [...]

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
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