🚨 NEVER clone a random GitHub repo without a scan first. We have even more reason now to place greater emphasis on this than we did before. It could hide malware, cryptominers, or secret-stealing scripts. Here’s your Pre-Clone GitHub Threat Recon Playbook🧵👇

Step 1 — Recon in the browser 📌Check the Security tab (Advisories, Code Scans) 📌 View Dependency Graph for vulnerable packages 📌 Review commits for obfuscated or suspicious code No downloads. No risk.

Step 2 — Add extra eyes Install browser helpers: 🔸Octotree → File tree view 🔸 Refined GitHub → Cleaner UI & extra info Helps manual inspection before touching the code.

Step 3 — Online scanners These scan repos by URL — no local execution: 🔹 socket.dev -> socket.dev Package + repo risk score 🔹 snyk.io -> snyk.io) Dependency vulnerabilities Some require account link for deep scans