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Security · 2h ago

GitHub Actions Abused in Campaign Targeting cPanel Servers

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

Attackers compromised GitHub repositories to use GitHub Actions runners as distributed infrastructure targeting cPanel and WHM instances. The campaign involved 10 malicious Packagist packages linked to developer dinushchathurya between July 12-13. The abuse turns legitimate CI/CD resources into attack vectors for server compromise.

Meridian48 take
This campaign highlights a growing trend of attackers weaponizing developer tools, but the real story is how easily open-source supply chains can be turned against their users.
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