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2026-11-01 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-11-01

git-google.com’s obfuscated PowerShell payload

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Credibility concern recorded. The source reference remains available for verification and correction.

The homepage displays an obfuscated PowerShell script with embedded Python bootstrap and download code.

Landing page captured for the 2026-11-01 issue.
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Security researchers examining suspicious scripts
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The embedded Python code references both a same-domain URL and Python 3.12 embedded-runtime archives hosted at python.org.

Field notes

The visible script assembles some strings at runtime and decodes other values from base64, making the displayed source less direct to read. Its embedded Python includes routines for downloading data and extracting a UUID-like value, but the supplied excerpt ends before the full workflow is shown. The references to a same-domain path and Python 3.12.7 embedded archives are visible in the code.

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⚑RiskCredibility concern recorded

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