GitHub was targeted in a significant cyber attack involving malware-laden commits. The Megalodon operation affected more than 5,000 repositories.
The assault on the platform delivered malicious code through commits to a large number of repositories. It has been identified as a copycat of an earlier campaign known as TeamPCP.
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A critical Linux vulnerability known as CopyFail, tracked as CVE-2026-31431, allows attackers to gain root access on systems running kernels since 2017. Publicly released exploit code has heightened risks for data centers and personal devices. Ubuntu's infrastructure has been offline for over a day due to a DDoS attack, hampering security communications.
Seventy-three Microsoft open source packages were compromised late last week with malware that steals credentials from cloud services and developer tools. The malicious code activates when opened in AI coding agents.
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More than 1500 user contributed packages in the Arch Linux User Repository were infected with malware.
Ubuntu's official Twitter account posted a now-deleted tweet promoting a fake AI agent that directed users to a cryptocurrency scam. The incident follows a five-day DDoS attack on Canonical's web services that ended earlier this month.
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Meta disclosed that more than 20,000 Instagram accounts were stolen last week in a hacking operation that used an AI support bot.