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FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos

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. [...]

6:10 pm, October 8, 2026

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title: FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos
additional: 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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