Campaign 'megalodon': 5,500 GitHub repositories infected by malicious CI workflows

Recent research revealed that during a cyber campaign named Megalodon, a staggering 57,000 commits were infected on GitHub in just 6 hours. This astonishing phenomenon highlights the serious threats posed by unauthorized changes in source code. The increased activity of hackers in recent times has prompted experts to take action to protect repositories from such attacks. This incident underscores how critical it is to monitor activity in open source projects. Tools for analyzing repositories and anomaly detection systems may prove vital in the fight against cyberattacks on platforms like GitHub.