GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code

where_am_i@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

That will teach them a lesson about training models on random repositories.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

This is bad, but only seems to be related to forks from main (correct me if I am wrong). So if you go to source, you should be OK.

‘adding its own malicious code which is concealed under seven layers of obfuscation’

Behind seven vpns?

Heratiki@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

I’m thinking the code is obfuscated by random calls to various functions so that the code block isn’t just one section you can easily see but sprinkled throughout instead.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Yes that seems like the case, it just struck me as funny

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 months ago

You’re not OK. Not all forks are labeled as forks.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Thank you for the clarification