Security News

Org's network connect to GitHub and Pastebin much? It's a Rocke road to cryptojacking country
2019-08-01 16:40

You might also be slurping Chinese malware Palo Alto Networks has spotted a new cryptomining malware technique that not only wipes out any other miners present on the target machine but uses...

Microsoft demos end-to-end voting verification system ElectionGuard, code will be on GitHub
2019-07-18 11:34

'Defending democracy' initiative to resist nation-state attacks Microsoft has demonstrated its ElectionGuard electronic vote system at the Aspen Security Forum under way in Colorado and warned...

Exploring the Top 15 Most Common Vulnerabilities with HackerOne and GitHub
2019-07-14 19:45

Vulnerability experts Michiel Prins and Greg Ose discuss the 15 most common vulnerability types.

Canonical Investigating Hack of Its GitHub Page
2019-07-08 20:03

Company Says Ubuntu Linux Source Code Remains SafeCanonical Ltd., a British company that offers commercial support and services for the popular Ubuntu Linux open source operating system, is...

Canonical GitHub Account Hijacked
2019-07-08 05:42

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, confirmed over the weekend that one of its GitHub accounts was hacked. read more

Ubuntu-Maker Canonical’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked
2019-07-07 16:03

An unknown hacker yesterday successfully managed to hack into the official GitHub account of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux project and created 11 new empty repositories. It...

Week in review: BlueKeep, GitHub automated security fixes, reducing the threat of legacy apps
2019-06-02 18:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Attackers are exploiting WordPress plugin flaw to inject malicious scripts Attackers are leveraging an...

Git your patches here! GitHub offers to brew automatic pull requests loaded with vuln fixes
2019-05-30 07:12

Your repo's dependencies need updating to close a hole? We're way ahead of you, pal GitHub can now automagically offer security patches for projects' third-party dependencies.…

GitHub introduces Dependabot-powered automated security fixes
2019-05-28 10:05

GitHub, the largest code-hosting site in the world, has announced many new features and changes at the 2019 GitHub Satellite conference that took place last week in Berlin. The feature that drew...

GitHub Adds New Tools to Help Developers Secure Code
2019-05-24 17:12

Microsoft-owned GitHub on Thursday announced the introduction of several new security tools and features designed to help developers secure their code. read more