INTEL_REPORT
The Hacker News · published 7/20/2026, 6:23:03 PM · TLP amber
Summary
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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 campaign codenamed FakeGit. "FakeGit uses copied projects, lookalike developer profiles, convincing READMEs, and malicious ZIP FakeG…
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/fakegit-campaign-uses-7600-github.html
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Threat actors mentioned
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ATT&CK techniques
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