What does GitHub's security team even do?
Right now, there are currently thousands of repositories on GitHub distributing malware. Any of you can find these repositories, and you don’t need any special knowledge to do so. All you have to do is use the standard search function on the GitHub website.These repositories have been around for two years.
- ▪Right now, there are currently thousands of repositories on GitHub distributing malware.
- ▪Any of you can find these repositories, and you don’t need any special knowledge to do so.
- ▪All you have to do is use the standard search function on the GitHub website.These repositories have been around for two years.
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What does GitHub’s security team even do? Right now, there are currently thousands of repositories on GitHub distributing malware. Any of you can find these repositories, and you don’t need any special knowledge to do so. All you have to do is use the standard search function on the GitHub website.These repositories have been around for two years. GitHub has billions of dollars, a security team, and artificial intelligence. Why haven’t they solved this problem in two years?First, we’ll look at the repositories we’ve already found, identify common patterns within them, and then use those patterns to find other repositories.Take a look at these repositories; in each one, the readme contains a link to a zip archive containing a…
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