Gheist threat actor turns GitHub Actions workflows into secret extraction service

A threat actor dubbed Gheist compromises GitHub accounts and plants malicious Actions workflows in private repositories to harvest credentials and expose secrets.

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2026-10-28 12:11 · InfoWorld AI
Gheist turns GitHub Actions into a secret extraction service

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