I found 1000 GitHub repos with malware. Can we get them deleted?

Re:I found 1000 GitHub repos with malware. Can we get them d... by Jimmc414 on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:54AM (#43206259)

What's concerning is that this repository appears to be the template that much of this malware was built from: https://github.com/Jalynn0922/steal-cook. This repo mentioned in the article has existed on GitHub for 3 years without being taken down.

Also, I am seeing firsthand that AI is not good at detecting this stuff. Claude's main problem in a code review of one of its descendants was the unethical use of an aim-bot.

edit: to clarify, my concern is about how this can exist on Github for 3 years. Thank you for compiling this and sharing your review. Great work.

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Re:I found 1000 GitHub repos with malware. Can we get them d... by timsh on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:59AM (#43206310)

It’s not included in the list since it’s the stealer itself - it’s not misleading, it says “stealer”/“grabber”. But yeah the fact that it’s out still there is scary

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