Massive widespread malware attack on GitHub

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/programming

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  • GUI-miner

    An easy to use GUI miner available for Windows, macOS and Linux

    The attacker creates FAKE orgs/repos and pushes clones of LEGIT projects to github. For example, this legit crypto miner project: - https://github.com/scala-network/GUI-miner and the clone: - https://github.com/stellitecoin/gui-miner The original authors then get the blame!

  • gui-miner

    Discontinued An easy to use GUI miner available for Windows, macOS and Linux [Moved to: https://github.com/scala-network/GUI-miner] (by stellitecoin)

    The attacker creates FAKE orgs/repos and pushes clones of LEGIT projects to github. For example, this legit crypto miner project: - https://github.com/scala-network/GUI-miner and the clone: - https://github.com/stellitecoin/gui-miner The original authors then get the blame!

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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