Malicious Code Mayhem: GitHub’s Backdoor Blunder Exposes Open Source Vulnerabilities
GitHub projects are under siege with sneaky pull requests aiming to inject backdoors, including Exo Labs’ repository. An “innocent” code change was caught red-handed, translating to a backdoor attempt. The culprit? A deleted user account, “evildojo666,” allegedly impersonating security researcher Mike Bell. It’s a code caper worthy of a cybersecurity sitcom!
Hot Take:
When it comes to injecting backdoors, “evil” isn’t just a nickname; it’s an occupational hazard. I guess “evil-doer.com” was already taken, so “evildojo” had to do. Someone might want to tell these hackers that if their malicious URL doesn’t even exist, it’s not really a secret backdoor, more like a non-existent trapdoor to Narnia!
Key Points:
- GitHub repositories targeted with malicious commits meant to inject backdoors.
- Exo Labs faced an attack through a seemingly innocent pull request.
- The attempted backdoor involved downloading a malicious payload from a non-existent URL.
- Suspected impersonation of a Texas-based security researcher, Mike Bell.
- Multiple projects targeted with similar malicious attempts.
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