Hi all, I propose we publish the following on the Apache NetBeans blog re the recent announcement by GitHub researchers of malware found in some NetBeans generated projects on GitHub.
Title: Malware Found in 26 NetBeans Ant Projects on GitHub Content: "Researchers at GitHub have identified 26 projects on GitHub that have been infected by malware. The malware infiltrates the project structure of Ant-based applications in the format generated specifically by NetBeans. The owners of the 26 projects, which are mostly small Java applications, have been contacted and the infected projects have been set to private on GitHub. The malware campaign is no longer active, GitHub did not consider it relevant enough to be in touch with the NetBeans community about it, and there is no evidence that applications beyond the 26 in question have been impacted. Be aware that any project structure that you use when developing applications can be infiltrated by malware and make sure that the files you check into your versioning system are your own or that you know where they come from and what they do." Feedback welcome and needed. Gj
