Malicious counterfeit of 200,000-star REA: Fake installation package flagged as malware, downloaded 172 times.
Beating AI News Flash: The viral AI reverse tool REA has been maliciously counterfeited. On October 13, a developer issued a warning in REA’s official GitHub repository, noting that a fake repository had been set up offering a Windows installer suspected of containing a Trojan horse. REA recently surpassed 200,000 GitHub stars, and the fake installer had amassed 172 downloads at the time of reporting. The counterfeiter registered a GitHub repository named `rea-tools/rea`—closely resembling REA’s
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