Shai-Hulud Workflow File Creation or Modification — Detection Rule

Detects creation or deletion of malicious GitHub Actions workflow files associated with Shai-Hulud worm variants on Linux or Windows endpoints. This includes the original shai-hulud-workflow.yml, the 2.0 backdoor discussion.yaml (enables command injection via GitHub Discussions on self-hosted runners named SHA1HULUD), and the secrets exfiltration workflow formatter_*.yml pattern. These files are used to exfiltrate credentials and propagate across repositories.

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