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8 days ago
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
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What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. BleepingComputer is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 8 Oct 2026, 17:10 UTC. The headline in use is “FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
More than 17,000 fake repositories on GitHub are distributing the SmartLoader malware after the FakeGit campaign reactivated earlier this month to push the StealC infostealer. [...
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Story timeline
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- First reported by BleepingComputer
FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
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