Github's Hilariously Simple Malware Exploit

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What if there was a way to inject files into an otherwise completely safe project, well it turns out there was an exploit in the way that Github was handling adding files to it's CDN

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Bleeping Computer Post: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-comments-abused-to-push-malware-via-microsoft-repo-urls/
McAfee Post: https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/redline-stealer-a-novel-approach/
OpenAnalysis Report: https://research.openanalysis.net/github/lua/2024/03/03/lua-malware.html

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