By: on TL;DR — Key Takeaways Attackers are flooding GitHub with 7,600 fake repositories posing as AI skills and MCP servers, abusing AI coding assistances into tricking developers into downloading malware.
Jeff Burt is a journalist at The Register. With over three decades of experience, he has focused on technology topics since 2000, covering areas such as cloud computing, software development, cybersecurity, and machine learning. He has been featured in prominent outlets including The Register, Techstrong.ai, and DevOps.com.

















