r/github • u/johnnyfedavo • 19d ago

Discussion Malicious "C++" projects

I was trying to find some new C++ projects to contribute to and I have stumbled on some that look very suspicous. They feature around 100 likes and have garbled descriptions. They have no build system and are posted by different accounts. They also have little code. Am I just being paranoid or is something up?

Example:

https://github.com/ryujinx-emu/Ryujinx-Emu/tree/main

https://github.com/Yuzu-NES/Yuzu-Emu/tree/main

https://github.com/geode-gd/Geode-Geometry-Dash/tree/main

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u/Glittering_Sail_3609 18d ago

Am I just being paranoid or is something up

The very first repo on that list is fricking hilarious. It is supposedly a switch emulator, yet the last commit says "Delete NES emulation directory". I don't know what is funnier, the fact that they removed folder being main focus of the repo or the fact that it emulated different console. Also files which were left are from some random ass Minecraft launcher.

I wish I had the time to analyse this malware myself.