FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos

Cybersecurity brief from BleepingComputer.

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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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