GitHub Copilot Refuses Harmful Requests in Chat, Then Writes Them in Code
Researchers Abhishek Kumar and Carsten Maple have discovered a novel workflow-level jailbreak method that bypasses safety guardrails in GitHub Copilot. The study,…
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GitHub ‘Verified’ Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures
New research from Carnegie Mellon University PhD student Jacob Ginesin, also a cryptographic auditor at Cure53, reveals that GitHub's 'Verified' commit badge…
GitLost Attack: Public GitHub Issue Tricks AI Agents Into Leaking Private Repo Data
Researchers at Noma Security have demonstrated a novel prompt injection attack, dubbed GitLost, that exploits GitHub Agentic Workflows to leak private repository…
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered code completion tool developed by GitHub and OpenAI. It was part of the Developer Tools category with…
North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages and Extensions in PolinRider Campaign
North Korean threat actors linked to the Contagious Interview campaign have published 108 unique malicious packages and browser extensions across npm, Packagist,…
TaskJacker: Malicious VS Code Task File Cluster in PolinRider Campaign
A cluster within the PolinRider campaign that drops malicious VS Code task files into GitHub users' repositories. The tasks use 'runOn: folderOpen'…
North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been linked to a fresh set of malicious npm packages that masquerade as Rollup…
Checkmarx: Impacted by Trivy Attack
Checkmarx, a software security company, confirmed that credentials obtained through the Trivy attack enabled unauthorized access to its GitHub repositories and the…
Armored Likho Targets Government and Power Sector with BusySnake Stealer
A previously undocumented threat actor, Armored Likho, has been attributed to cyber attacks targeting government agencies and the electric power sector across…
ChocoPoC RAT Targets Researchers via Fake PoC Exploit Repos on GitHub
Attackers are distributing a data-stealing trojan named ChocoPoC through fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit repositories on GitHub, specifically targeting vulnerability researchers. The malware,…