GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain.
  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    14·
    6 months ago

    Imagine if AI starts to pick up those malicious code as valid, and when you ask it to help you set up a server or something it gives you the malicious code.

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      5·
      6 months ago

      Which is why people still need to learn to code. We are gonna find out real quick who the copypaster fakes are.

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.netEnglish
    51·
    6 months ago

    I planned to selfhost my own code repos forever, this gives me one more little push, but let’s see if I move it to my server.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      To try and take over other people’s ci/cd pipelines and inject malware into otherwise legitimate application binaries.

    • phillaholic@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      LastPass hack happened due to a developer logging I. On their home PV which had an outdated and vulnerable version of Plex installed. Swap outdated for “maliciously forked” and now attackers have legit code that can run for months before they use what they’ve injected to take over.

  • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
    07·
    6 months ago

    Don’t use forks of repositories. Why don’t GitHub restrict forking. What will solve the problem.