FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered nearly 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories, out of which more than 800 pose as artificial intelligence (AI) skills or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to deliver a malware family known as SmartLoader as part of an ongoing... Read more → The post FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware appeared first on IT Security News .
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FakeGit Campaign Uses 7,600 GitHub Repositories to Spread SmartLoader Malware Why it matters: Agent runtime/tool-calling changes can shift schema behavior and fallback paths. Validate tool-call success and retries before shipping. Source: It Security News https://a2zai.ai/by...
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