![]() ![]() End Goal: Install a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) It would scan the victim’s workstation for a local NetBeans IDE installation, and proceed to burrow into the developer’s other Java projects. GitHub says that when other users would download any of the 26 projects, the malware would behave like a self-spreading virus and infect their local computers. GitHub said it found 26 repositories uploaded on its site that contained the Octopus Scanner malware, following a tip it received from a security researcher on March 9. The malware, which GitHub’s security team has named Octopus Scanner, has been found in projects managed using the Apache NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment), a tool used to write and compile Java applications. GitHub has issued a security alert on Thursday warning about a new malware strain that’s been spreading on its site via boobytrapped Java projects.
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