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GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets
2025-02-25 10:13

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an ongoing campaign that's targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors under the guise of open-source projects hosted on GitHub. The campaign, which spans hundreds of repositories, has been dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky. "The infected projects include an automation instrument for interacting with Instagram accounts, a Telegram bot that enables


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VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Github 13 2 47 29 19 97
Bitcoin 4 0 5 12 1 18