Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...
Windows Report

Mozilla Warns Clean GitHub Repositories Can Trick Claude Code Into Running Malware

Mozilla researchers revealed a new attack that tricks Claude Code into running hidden commands from seemingly harmless GitHub repositories.
Developer Tech

Mozilla shows Claude Code malware risk in clean GitHub repo

Mozilla’s 0din team showed how a Claude Code malware GitHub repo attack could use a clean-looking repository to open a ...
eWeek

Clean GitHub Repo Attack Exposes AI Coding Agent Risk

Mozilla 0DIN’s Claude Code demo shows how clean GitHub repos can expose AI coding agents to prompt injection, reverse shells, and credential risk.
Windows Latest

Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...
InfoWorld

Preventing agent-generated infrastructure bloat through spec-driven governance

AI agents waste massive cloud space, so block this bloat early with strict policy checks, illustrated using Terraform and ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

AI coding agents can be tricked into installing malware via 'clean' GitHub repositories

Three levels of indirection, all with seemingly innocuous steps, will catch a bot off-guard.
Tech Times

Open-Source Coding Model Ornith-1.0 Writes Its Own Training Scaffold in Reinforcement Learning

Open-source agentic coding model Ornith-1.0, released today under the MIT license, uses a self-improving reinforcement ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I stopped maintaining 30 JSON files by hand with this one tool

Connect all your configuration files and autogenerate code—Jsonnet is the missing piece for large code bases.
International Business Times

Malicious GitHub Repositories Could Trick AI Coding Agents Into Running Hidden Malware, Researchers Warn

Researchers warn malicious GitHub repositories can trick AI coding agents into running hidden malware through trusted setup steps, risking developer systems and credentials. Google - Gemini A newly ...
Windows Report

Malicious PyPI Packages Let Hackers Control Telegram Bot Servers

Operation Navy Ghost is targeting Python developers who build Telegram bots by hiding backdoors inside trojanized Pyrogram forks uploaded to PyPI. The campaign has been active since November 2025, ...