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Fake Github Stars Are Being Used to Push Malware
The next time you check out a software project on GitHub, don’t assume lots of stars as a quality indicator. A new study ...
In May of this year, our open-source software startup Elementl closed a successful Series B round. In the run-up to the fundraising, I spent a fair amount of time preoccupied with GitHub stars. If you ...
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Fraudsters use fake stars to game Github, scam users
Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their software product's credibility. But new research from Carnegie Mellon ...
New research from Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science shows that GitHub users increasingly buy or trade for fake stars, then use their ill-gotten gains to attract unsuspecting users so they ...
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