
GitVenom Malware Campaign Targets Gamers and Crypto Investors
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A malware campaign named GitVenom is targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors by posing as open-source projects on GitHub. Researchers at Kaspersky have discovered that cybercriminals have created hundreds of fake GitHub repositories containing malicious code, disguised as automation tools, crypto bots, and hacking utilities. The attackers used these fake projects to lure GitHub users into downloading and executing the malicious code. The technical details and real impacts of this campaign are not specified in the article.