A new Repojacking attack exposed over 4,000 GitHub repositories to hack

A critical vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed more than 4,000 code packages to Repojacking attack. Checkmarx researchers discovered a new vulnerability in GitHub could have exposed over 4,000 packages to repojacking attacks. In the RepoJacking attack, attackers claim the old username of a repository after the legitimate creator changed the username, then publish a rogue […]

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