Security News > 2025 > March > Seven Malicious Go Packages Found Deploying Malware on Linux and macOS Systems
2025-03-05 07:07
Cybersecurity researchers are alerting of an ongoing malicious campaign targeting the Go ecosystem with typosquatted modules that are designed to deploy loader malware on Linux and Apple macOS systems. "The threat actor has published at least seven packages impersonating widely used Go libraries, including one (github[.]com/shallowmulti/hypert) that appears to target financial-sector developers
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