GitHub Gone Wild: Microsoft’s Malvertising Takedown Drama Unfolds!
Microsoft disrupts a massive malvertising campaign that hijacked GitHub repositories to infect nearly a million devices. The plot? A cyber-thriller involving pirated movie sites, sneaky redirects, and malware that snoops more than your nosy neighbor. Remember: not everything in life is free, especially not movies and malware!
Hot Take:
Move over, Netflix and chill—it’s now “Malware and panic attack!” Just when you thought pirated streaming sites were only good for dubious movie nights, they turn out to be the VIP lounge for hackers. And who needs Hollywood drama when you can have a malware soap opera starring Microsoft, GitHub, and a cast of tech villains?
Key Points:
- Microsoft dismantled numerous GitHub repositories involved in a global malvertising campaign.
- The campaign used pirated streaming sites to redirect users to malicious GitHub repos.
- Payloads delivered via GitHub included information stealers and remote access trojans.
- Microsoft tracks this malicious activity under the name Storm-0408.
- Multiple platforms, including Dropbox and Discord, were used to host malicious payloads.
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