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🔒 Wiz researchers found that publishers of over 100 Visual Studio Code extensions leaked personal access tokens and other secrets that could allow attackers to push malicious extension updates across large install bases. The team validated more than 550 secrets across 500+ extensions spanning 67 types, including AI provider keys, cloud credentials, database and payment secrets. Over 100 extensions exposed Marketplace PATs (≈85,000 installs) and ~30 exposed Open VSX tokens (≈100,000 installs); many flagged packages were themes and hard-coded secrets in .vsix files were often discoverable. Microsoft revoked leaked tokens after disclosure and is adding secret-scanning; users and organizations were advised to limit extensions, vet packages, maintain inventories, and consider centralized allowlists.

💡 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.

🔒 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.

🔒 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.

🔒 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.

🛡️ 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 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.

🔐 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.

🪱 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.

🛡️ This report analyzes the Sept 14–16 campaign that compromised over 180 NPM packages and propagated the self‑replicating Shai‑Hulud worm, which pushed malicious changes and exfiltrated secrets by publishing data.json files to public GitHub repositories. By parsing the GitHub events archive, researchers identified 207 affected repositories tied to 37 users and attributed those users to 17 employers. Several infected users were NPM maintainers who acted as “super spreaders.” Although exposed files were removed, archived events enable retrospective reconstruction and demand urgent auditing and remediation.

🛡️ 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.

🔍 Wesco consolidated thousands of security alerts into a unified risk framework to separate urgent threats from noise. By integrating more than a dozen platforms — including GitHub, Azure DevOps, Veracode, JFrog, Kubernetes, Microsoft Defender, and CrowdStrike — the company applied ASPM, threat modeling, a security champions program, and AI-driven automation to prioritize remediation. The initiative reduced duplication, saved developer time, and improved risk visibility across the organization.

🔒 Arctic Wolf researchers uncovered a targeted campaign, GPUGate, that uses malicious GitHub Desktop installers promoted via Google Ads to distribute evasive malware. The attack leverages commit‑specific links and lookalike domains to mimic legitimate GitHub downloads and trick users, particularly IT personnel, into installing a large MSI payload. A GPU‑gated decryption routine keeps the malware dormant in virtualized or low‑power environments, while PowerShell execution with policy bypasses and scheduled‑task persistence provide elevated privileges and long‑term access.

🔒 Salesloft confirmed that a threat actor gained access to its GitHub account between March and June 2025, using that access to download repositories, add a guest user and create workflows. The attacker then moved into the Drift app environment, obtained OAuth tokens and used Drift integrations to access customers’ Salesforce instances and exfiltrate secrets. Affected customers include security vendors such as Tenable, Qualys, Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare and Zscaler. Google Mandiant performed containment, rotated credentials and validated segmentation; the incident is now in forensic review.

🔐 Akido researchers found that at least 18 widely used JavaScript packages on NPM were briefly modified after a maintainer was phished, impacting libraries downloaded collectively more than two billion times weekly. The injected code acted as a stealthy browser interceptor, capturing and rewriting cryptocurrency wallet interactions and payment destinations to attacker-controlled accounts. The changes were rapidly removed, but experts warn the same vector could deliver far more disruptive supply-chain malware if not addressed. Security specialists urge mandatory phish-resistant 2FA and stronger commit attestation for high-impact packages.

🚨 A GitHub supply chain campaign dubbed GhostAction has exposed 3,325 secrets across multiple package ecosystems and repositories. GitGuardian says attackers abused compromised maintainer accounts to insert malicious GitHub Actions workflows that trigger on push or manual dispatch, read repository secrets, and exfiltrate them via HTTP POST to an external domain. Compromised credentials include PyPI, npm, DockerHub, Cloudflare, AWS keys and database credentials; vendors were notified and many repositories reverted the changes.

🔒 Salesloft says attackers first breached its GitHub account in March, enabling the theft of Drift OAuth tokens later abused to access customer systems. The stolen tokens were used in widespread Salesforce data-theft operations disclosed in August, affecting multiple enterprise customers. Salesloft engaged Mandiant, rotated credentials, isolated Drift infrastructure, and restored integrations after validating containment.

🔒 Salesloft says the breach tied to its Drift application began after a threat actor compromised its GitHub account. Google-owned Mandiant traced the actor, tracked as UNC6395, accessing the account from March through June 2025 and downloading repository content, adding a guest user and establishing workflows. Attackers then accessed Drift's AWS environment and obtained OAuth tokens used to reach customer data via integrations, prompting Salesloft to isolate Drift infrastructure and take the application offline on September 5, 2025. Salesloft recommends revoking API keys for third-party apps integrated with Drift, and Salesforce has restored most Salesloft integrations while keeping Drift disabled pending further remediation.

🔍GitGuardian disclosed a GitHub Actions supply chain campaign named GhostAction that exfiltrated 3,325 secrets from 327 users across 817 repositories before being contained on September 5. Attackers injected malicious workflow files to harvest CI/CD tokens (including PYPI_API_TOKEN) and sent them via HTTP POST to an actor-controlled endpoint. GitGuardian coordinated with maintainers and registries to revert commits, set impacted packages to read-only, and notify vendors.

🔒 GitGuardian uncovered a widespread supply-chain campaign it named GhostAction after detecting suspicious activity in a FastUUID GitHub repository. A compromised maintainer pushed a malicious GitHub Actions workflow that harvested secrets, initially capturing a PyPI token, and further investigation revealed hundreds of similar commits across multiple repositories. In total 3,325 secrets were exfiltrated from 817 repositories belonging to 327 users, with DockerHub credentials, GitHub tokens and npm tokens among the most common. GitGuardian notified platform security teams and many affected projects have begun reverting malicious changes while investigations continue.