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#7 The Hacker News general July 20, 2026 at 18:23 UTC

FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Researchers identified the FakeGit campaign operating nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories — over 800 posing as AI tools or MCP servers — distributing a malware family called SmartLoader. The campaign exploits developer trust in GitHub and the current AI tooling ecosystem, representing a significant software supply chain threat targeting the security and developer communities.

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Relevance score: 80.0/100

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