Massive FakeGit campaign leverages GitHub to spread malware
🔎 Researchers uncovered the FakeGit campaign using some 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories to distribute SmartLoader and StealC malware, amassing over 14 million download events. Many repos impersonated legitimate tools and AI skills, employing an AgentBaiting technique to attract AI agents and developers. The campaign reused tactics from a prior Lumma Stealer operation, and Island recommends isolating and vetting AI skills, rotating secrets, and validating publishers.