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A sophisticated phishing campaign leveraging trusted GitHub links has been identified, bypassing Secure Email Gateway (SEG) defenses and delivering malicious payloads. The campaign exploits the trust associated with GitHub, a popular platform for code sharing and collaboration, to distribute malware. Attackers are creating fake GitHub repositories with names resembling legitimate projects or organizations, enticing victims to download malicious files disguised as legitimate software updates or other files. This tactic effectively evades traditional security measures that rely on blacklisting known malicious domains or files. The use of trusted repositories for malware distribution underscores the importance of implementing robust security measures to protect against social engineering attacks and carefully verifying the authenticity of any software or files downloaded from external sources.