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FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to deliver a malware family known as…

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The FakeGit campaign has been identified as a sophisticated malware distribution operation using GitHub repositories. Researchers have found nearly 7,600 malicious repositories on the platform, with over 800 posing as AI skills or MCP servers.

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