--- title: Widespread GitHub Campaign Uses Fake VS Code Security... description: A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting developers on GitHub by posting fake Visual Studio Code security alerts in Discussions. Thousands of nearly... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/widespread-github-campaign-uses-fake-vs-code-security-alerts--bpmrd5akt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Widespread GitHub Campaign Uses Fake VS Code Security Alerts... | daily.dev og:description: A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting developers on GitHub by posting fake Visual Studio Code security alerts in Discussions. Thousands of nearly... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/widespread-github-campaign-uses-fake-vs-code-security-alerts--bpmrd5akt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bpmrD5AKT.png og:image:alt: Widespread GitHub Campaign Uses Fake VS Code Security Alerts... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Widespread GitHub Campaign Uses Fake VS Code Security Alerts... **[Socket](https://daily.dev/sources/socketdev)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A large-scale phishing campaign is targeting developers on GitHub by posting fake Visual Studio Code security alerts in Discussions. Thousands of nearly identical posts, created by new or low-activity accounts, claim fabricated CVEs and urge developers to download a malicious 'patched' VS Code from external file-sharing links. Because GitHub Discussions trigger email notifications, the campaign reaches developers' inboxes too. Analysis of one payload reveals a multi-step redirection chain: GitHub Discussion → Google share endpoint → attacker-controlled C2 domain (drnatashachinn[.]com). The Google endpoint uses cookie detection to route real users to the C2 while serving a fingerprinting page to bots. The JavaScript payload silently collects browser fingerprint data (timezone, platform, user agent, automation signals) and POSTs it back to the C2, acting as a traffic distribution system to profile victims before delivering a follow-on payload. Developers are advised to treat unsolicited GitHub Discussion security alerts with extreme caution and always verify through official vendor channels. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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