Recently, Kaspersky researchers noticed a rather unique scheme for distributing malware that exploits SourceForge, a popular website providing software hosting, comparison, and distribution services.
The site hosts numerous software projects, and anyone can upload theirs. One such project, officepackage, on the main website sourceforge. net, appears harmless enough, containing Microsoft Office add-ins copied from a legitimate GitHub project. The project under investigation has been assigned the domain officepackage.sourceforge[.]io, but the page displayed when you go to that domain looks nothing like officepackage on sourceforge. net.
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Source: Kaspersky
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