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Developers Leading AI Transformation Across Enterprise

💡 Developers are accelerating AI adoption across industries by using copilots and agentic workflows to compress the software lifecycle from idea to operation. Microsoft positions tools like GitHub, Visual Studio, and Azure AI Foundry to connect models and agents to enterprise systems, enabling continuous modernization, migration, and telemetry-driven product loops. The shift moves developers from manual toil to intent-driven design, with agents handling upgrades, tests, and routine maintenance while humans retain judgment and product vision.

Astaroth Banking Trojan Uses GitHub to Stay Operational

🔒 Cybersecurity researchers warn of a recent campaign delivering the Astaroth banking trojan that leverages GitHub repositories to host hidden configurations and regain functionality after C2 takedowns. The attack, concentrated in Brazil and across Latin America, begins with a DocuSign-themed phishing message that drops an LNK file which executes obfuscated JavaScript, retrieves an AutoIt loader and ultimately injects a Delphi-based DLL. Astaroth monitors browser activity for banking and cryptocurrency sites, exfiltrates credentials via Ngrok, and employs steganography, anti-analysis checks, and persistent LNK-based startup execution to maintain stealth and resilience.

GitHub Copilot Chat prompt injection exposed secrets

🔐 GitHub Copilot Chat was tricked into leaking secrets from private repositories through hidden comments in pull requests, researchers found. Legit Security researcher Omer Mayraz reported a combined CSP bypass and remote prompt injection that used image rendering to exfiltrate AWS keys. GitHub mitigated the issue in August by disabling image rendering in Copilot Chat, but the case underscores risks when AI assistants access external tools and repository content.

Red Hat Confirms Security Incident After GitHub Claims

🔒 An extortion group calling itself Crimson Collective claims to have exfiltrated nearly 570GB of compressed data from about 28,000 private GitHub repositories, including roughly 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs). Red Hat confirmed a security incident tied to its consulting business but would not validate the attackers’ specific claims, saying it has initiated remediation and sees no indication the issue affects its products or software supply chain. The group published directory listings and alleges finding authentication tokens and full database URIs that could be used to access downstream customer infrastructure.

Cloudflare Brings Enterprise Features to All Plans

🔐 Cloudflare announced it will make nearly every feature available for direct purchase on any plan, removing the previous distinction of “enterprise-only” capabilities. The rollout begins today with dashboard SSO, which is now accessible to all customers and supports GitHub social login; many Zero Trust features are available at no cost for up to 50 users. Over the next year Cloudflare will extend this self-service approach to additional capabilities, simplify billing and packaging, and reduce the need to involve sales or solutions engineers, while noting a few region-specific exceptions such as its China Network.

GitHub notifications abused to impersonate Y Combinator

📩 Attackers abused GitHub's notification system to send fake Y Combinator W2026 invitations by creating issues and tagging users so the platform would deliver legitimate-looking emails. The lure promised participation in a purported $15 million funding program and linked to a typo-squatted domain. That site ran obfuscated JavaScript and presented an EIP-712-style wallet verification prompt that, when signed, authorized draining transactions.

GitHub Pages SEO Poisoning Delivers Atomic Stealer

🚨 Attackers are creating convincing GitHub Pages that impersonate well-known brands to trick macOS users into installing the Atomic infostealer. Using SEO poisoning, malicious repositories are promoted in search results and funnel victims through multiple redirects to pages that instruct users to paste a Terminal curl command. That command decodes a base64 URL and executes a script that fetches and runs the Atomic payload. LastPass published IoCs and requested takedowns, but warns the campaign remains active.

QR Codes Used to Hide JavaScript Backdoor in npm Package

🔒 A malicious npm package called fezbox was discovered using layered obfuscation and QR-code steganography to conceal credential-stealing logic. Disguised as a benign JavaScript/TypeScript utility, importing the library triggered retrieval and execution of code hidden inside a remote QR image; the payload reads document.cookie and attempts to extract username and password pairs for exfiltration. Socket researchers highlighted a development-environment guard and a 120-second delay as anti-analysis measures; the package has been removed from GitHub and marked malicious.

Microsoft accelerates migration and modernization with AI

🔧 Microsoft outlined a set of agentic AI tools to speed migration and modernization across applications and data. GitHub Copilot now automates Java and .NET upgrades and end-to-end app modernization flows, while Azure Migrate adds AI-driven guidance, connected Copilot workflows, and broader application-awareness. The Azure Accelerate program pairs expert deployment support and funding to reduce friction and help teams move projects faster.

GitHub Tightens npm Security: Mandatory 2FA, Token Limits

🔒 GitHub is implementing stronger defenses for the npm ecosystem after recent supply-chain attacks that compromised repositories and spread to package registries. The platform will require 2FA for local publishing, shorten token lifetimes to seven days, deprecate classic tokens and TOTP in favor of FIDO/WebAuth, and promote trusted publishing. Changes will roll out gradually with documentation and migration guides to reduce disruption.

npm Supply-Chain Worm 'Shai-Hulud' Compromises Packages

🛡️ CISA released an alert about a widespread software supply chain compromise affecting the npm registry: a self-replicating worm called 'Shai-Hulud' has compromised over 500 packages. The actor harvested GitHub Personal Access Tokens and cloud API keys for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, exfiltrating them to a public repository and using them to publish malicious package updates. CISA recommends immediate dependency reviews, credential rotation, enforcing phishing-resistant MFA, pinning package versions to releases before Sept. 16, 2025, hardening GitHub settings, and monitoring for anomalous outbound connections.

GitHub mandates 2FA, short-lived tokens for npm publishing

🔐 GitHub said it will change npm authentication and publishing practices in the near future to address recent supply-chain attacks, including the Shai-Hulud incident. The company will require 2FA for local publishes, deprecate legacy tokens and TOTP in favor of FIDO, introduce seven-day granular publishing tokens, and enable OIDC-based trusted publishing. The npm CLI will also auto-generate provenance attestations to prove source and build environment.

Amazon Nova Act IDE Extension for Agent Development and Testing

🤖 Amazon Web Services announced the Nova Act extension, embedding the agent development workflow directly into popular IDEs such as Visual Studio Code, Kiro, and Cursor. The extension unifies natural-language script creation, fine-grained scripting controls, and integrated browser testing into a single interface, reducing context switching across tools. Built on the Nova Act SDK (research preview since March 2025), the extension is available today from IDE extension marketplaces and the project’s GitHub repository includes documentation and examples to get started.

Fake macOS apps on GitHub spread Atomic (AMOS) malware

⚠️ LastPass warns of a macOS campaign that uses fraudulent GitHub repositories to impersonate popular apps and trick users into running Terminal commands. The fake installers deliver the Atomic (AMOS) info‑stealer via a ClickFix workflow: a curl command decodes a base64 URL and downloads an install.sh payload to /tmp. Attackers rely on SEO and many disposable accounts to evade takedowns and boost search rankings. Users should only install macOS software from official vendor sites and avoid pasting unknown commands into Terminal.

DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware

🛡️ GitLab Threat Intelligence observed DPRK-linked operators using ClickFix-style hiring lures to deliver the JavaScript stealer BeaverTail and its Python backdoor InvisibleFerret. The late-May 2025 wave targeted marketing and cryptocurrency trader roles via a fake Vercel-hosted hiring site that tricks victims into running OS-specific commands. Attackers deployed compiled BeaverTail binaries (pkg/PyInstaller) and used a password-protected archive to stage Python dependencies, suggesting tactical refinement and expanded targeting.

LastPass Alerts: Fake GitHub Repos Deliver macOS Infostealer

🛡️ LastPass warns of a widespread campaign leveraging fake GitHub repositories and SEO-poisoned search results to distribute an Atomic-infostealer targeting macOS users. The malicious pages impersonate popular tools such as LastPass, 1Password, and Dropbox, and redirect victims to pages that instruct them to run Terminal commands. Those commands fetch and execute a multi-stage dropper that deploys the Atomic Stealer. Users should verify official vendor pages and avoid running untrusted commands in Terminal.

Gemini CLI Deep Dive: Origins, Design, and Roadmap

🚀 The Gemini CLI is an open-source, agentic command-line assistant built to reason, select tools, and execute multi-step developer workflows while keeping users informed. In a recent Agent Factory episode, creator Taylor Mullen discussed the project's origin, design philosophy, and roadmap. Demonstrations showed onboarding to codebases, converting research papers into interactive explainers, and creating reusable slash commands. The team emphasizes extensibility, transparency, and community-driven contributions.

PyPI Invalidates Tokens Stolen in GhostAction Attack

🔐 The Python Software Foundation has invalidated PyPI publishing tokens that were exfiltrated during the early-September GhostAction supply chain attack. GitGuardian first reported malicious GitHub Actions workflows attempting to steal secrets, and PyPI found no evidence that the stolen tokens were used to publish malware. Affected maintainers were contacted and advised to rotate credentials and adopt short-lived Trusted Publishers tokens for GitHub Actions. PyPI also recommended reviewing account security history for suspicious activity.

Wormable npm campaign infects hundreds, steals secrets

🪱 Researchers have identified a self-propagating npm worm dubbed Shai-Hulud that injects a 3MB+ JavaScript bundle into packages published from compromised developer accounts. A postinstall action executes the bundle to harvest npm, GitHub, AWS and GCP tokens and to run TruffleHog for broader secret discovery. The worm creates public GitHub repositories to dump secrets, pushes malicious Actions to exfiltrate tokens, and has exposed at least 700 repositories; vendors urge rotation of affected tokens.

Hackers Insert Credential-Stealing Malware into npm Packages

🛡️ Researchers disclosed a campaign that trojanized more than 40 npm packages, including the popular tinycolor, embedding self-replicating credential-stealing code. The malware harvested AWS, GCP and Azure credentials, used TruffleHog for secrets discovery, and established persistence via GitHub Actions backdoors. Affected packages were removed, but developers are urged to remove compromised versions, rebuild from clean caches, and rotate any exposed credentials.