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FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

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. [...]

Analysis

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. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on Oct 8, 2026.

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