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I built an AWS agent that scores any GitHub repo before you clone it

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If you use an AI coding assistant, it has told you to clone a repo or run an install command. You probably ran it. Here is why that habit stopped being safe in 2026. Security researchers at Island found a campaign they call FakeGit: about 7,600 malicious GitHub repositories from roughly 6,600 fake…

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  1. 2026-10-19 12:03 · DEV Community — AI
    I built an AWS agent that scores any GitHub repo before you clone it

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