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Is github[.]com safe?

A shared service: individual files on it were reported

Anyone can upload files to this service, and some of those files were reported as malware. The service itself is not malicious. Be careful with links to files on it that arrive from people you do not know.

Malware reports

Reported URLs on this host
1,652
Still online at last check
1,389
First report in the list
Sep 16, 2026, 20:11 UTC
Latest report
Oct 8, 2026, 05:54 UTC
Tags
zip (1571), github (1571), SmartLoader (1556), LuaJIT-loader (1556), SilentNet (37), AsyncRAT (15), exe (15), rat (13)

Examples, written so they cannot be clicked:

  • hxxps://github[.]com/12312d12e1/31/releases/download/michael/bundle.zipoffline · reported Oct 8, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/Ridoyp99/xxxxxx/blob/main/lol.jpgoffline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/Ridoyp99/xxxxxx/blob/main/xxe.xmloffline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/abeasinf/ARCHIVOS/raw/refs/heads/main/anew.txtonline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/Kabot/mig-logcleaner-resurrected.gitoffline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/zav001/534rkyoj34oiy/releases/download/T/DonutClient-1.21.11.jaronline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/zav001/D3et2t23y3/releases/download/v1/GoobaaClient.1.21.11.jaronline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/alex3430/pecky777/blob/main/peckycloner.pyoffline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/alex3430/pecky777/peckycloner.pyoffline · reported Oct 7, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/niehgns/yo3/raw/refs/heads/main/fakepayclient-1.21.11.jaronline · reported Oct 6, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/niehgns/yo3/raw/refs/heads/main/kryptonclient-1.21.11.jaronline · reported Oct 6, 2026
  • hxxps://github[.]com/niehgns/yo3/raw/refs/heads/main/xenonclient-1.21.11.jaronline · reported Oct 6, 2026

Source: abuse.ch URLhaussource updated Oct 9, 2026, 06:40 UTCcovers roughly the last 30 days of reports

Domain age

Registered
October 9, 2007
Age
18 years
Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.

An older domain. Age alone does not make a site trustworthy, because old sites get hacked too, but it rules out the throwaway domains most scams use.

Source: public registration data (RDAP) for github[.]comchecked Oct 6, 2026

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