GhostAction Crosses Paths With PolinRider: Inside the October Escalation

2026-10-27 • Git Guardian •

https://blog.gitguardian.com/ghostaction-x-polinrider

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PolinRider, a developer-repository malware campaign originally attributed to a DPRK threat actor, appeared in repositories also compromised by GhostAction. Investigators found 188 GhostAction commits rewritten to include PolinRider loaders, while GhostAction separately copied PolinRider's hidden VS Code `folderOpen` launcher for a credential stealer deployed across 17,667 repositories. PolinRider used Ethereum transactions to resolve C2 infrastructure and deployed persistent, multi-stage tooling that stole browser sessions, password-vault data, and cryptocurrency-wallet information. The report found no clear relationship between the operators and assessed that they likely shared overlapping victims or stolen repository credentials.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
WALLET 0x1eef0849eda15d87f64e51c73c844… 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
URL http://95.135.181.151:443 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
HASH 284d167f51c93b90100b7faeaec9719… 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
HASH 7ba0a30eabfa46008d6417532533199… 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
HASH b59e598ded824c7318ca9fae4e9a6d9… 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
IPv4 95.135.181.151 2026-10-27 2026-10-27
IPv4 193.32.204.199 2026-10-16 2026-10-27

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