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Home » GitHub Identifies Cyber Attack on Cloned Repositories
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GitHub Identifies Cyber Attack on Cloned Repositories

Chris HughesBy Chris HughesAugust 26, 20221 Min Read
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In Cybersecurity Minute Episode 26, Chris Hughes details a recent cyber attack on a cloned version of GitHub repositories.

Highlights 

00:08 — GitHub recently discovered thousands of maliciously compromised repositories. While initial reports estimated the number of compromised repositories to be around 35,000, the number was inflated by cloned copies of these projects with malicious code inserted.

00:48 — The malicious code created a backdoor vulnerability into compromised systems, an increasingly common tactic among malicious actors.

01:29 — While the timeline isn’t entirely clear, it appears to have occurred within the past month.

01:49 — GitHub quickly quarantined the affected repositories and published best practices to combat the code.


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Chris Hughes is a Cloud Wars Analyst focusing on the critical intersection of cloud technology and cybersecurity. As co-founder and CEO of Aquia, Chris draws on nearly 20 years of IT and cybersecurity experience across both public and private sectors, including service with the U.S. Air Force and leadership roles within FedRAMP. In addition to his work in the field, Chris is an adjunct professor in cybersecurity and actively contributes to industry groups like the Cloud Security Alliance. His expertise and certifications in cloud security for AWS and Azure help organizations navigate secure cloud migrations and transformations.

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