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![Mystery Git ransomware appears to blank commits, demands Bitcoin to rescue code](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
Sudden flurry of forum posts leaves a few clues Programmers say they've been hit by ransomware that seemingly wipes their Git repositories' commits and replaces them with a ransom note demanding Bitcoin.…
![Gits exposed, kinky app devs spanked, Feds spy on spyware buyers, etc](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Mac APT unearthed and other infosec bits and bytes summarized just for you Roundup This week brought with it a Supermicro shoring up firmware security, a North Korean hacking charge, and a spying...
![Open .Git Directories Leave 390K Websites Vulnerable](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-stats-small.jpg)
An exhaustive scan shows hundreds of thousands of websites potentially exposing sensitive data such as database passwords, API keys and so on.
![Et tu, Gentoo? Horrible gits meddle with Linux distro's GitHub code](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
If you downloaded anything from project's hub repos, consider it compromised If you have fetched anything from Gentoo's GitHub-hosted repositories today, dump those files – because hackers have...
![Git users: Update now to avoid massive remote code execution flaw](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
A newly reported exploit in Git allows attackers to run code on affected machines by using compromised repository files.
![Bug In Git Opens Developer Systems Up to Attack](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
A serious vulnerability was patched by developers behind Git that closes the door on a flaw that could lead to arbitrary code execution on a developer's system.
![Git vulnerability could lead to an attack of the (repo) clones](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Best git patching y'all A new version of Git has been emitted to ward off potential arbitrary code execution as a result of merely cloning a malicious repository.…
![Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in Git](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
Updates released on Tuesday for the Git version control system patch two security flaws, including a serious vulnerability that can be exploited for remote code execution using specially crafted...
![Hackers Can Use Git Repos for Stealthy Attack on Developers (Security Week)](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
Malicious actors can abuse GitHub and other services that host Git repositories for stealthy attacks aimed at software developers, experts showed recently at the Black Hat security conference in...
![Git sprints carefully towards SHA-1 deprecation (The Register)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)