Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns

Posted on October 13, 2025 • 1 min read • 59 words
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Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone for its operations to stay resilient in the face of infrastructure takedowns. Instead of relying solely on traditional command-and-control (C2) servers that can be taken down, these attackers are leveraging

Astaroth Banking Trojan Abuses GitHub to Remain Operational After Takedowns

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Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that delivers the Astaroth banking trojan that employs GitHub as a backbone for its operations to stay resilient in the face of infrastructure takedowns. “Instead of relying solely on traditional command-and-control (C2) servers that can be taken down, these attackers are leveraging GitHub repositories to host malware

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