Security News

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

Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private keys on Github
2019-04-30 07:10

Hapless soul repents 'unintentionally' sharing drone makers privates in repo A Chinese software developer who previously expressed suicidal thoughts has been jailed after putting one of drone...

Cybercriminals Using GitHub to Host Phishing Kits
2019-04-25 17:02

Free code repositories on the Microsoft-owned GitHub have been abused since at least mid-2017 to host phishing websites, according to researchers from Proofpoint. read more

Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day
2019-03-25 11:04

Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly accessible user credentials.