Security News

GitHub announces wider array of 2FA options, including security keys and biometrics
2019-08-26 11:32

GitHub has started supporting the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) web standard, allowing users to use security keys for two-factor authentication with a wide variety of browsers and devices. New...

GitHub upgrades two-factor authentication with WebAuthn support
2019-08-23 08:08

Standard enables more security key options with passwordless a future possibility GitHub has announced support for the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) security standard.…

GitHub Now Scans Commits for Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord Tokens
2019-08-20 08:39

Microsoft-owned GitHub on Monday announced that its token scanning service will also check commits for Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord, Proctorio and Pulumi tokens that have been accidentally shared. read more

GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
2019-08-06 12:17

The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being "friendly" (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers' posts.

Class-action sueball flung at Capital One and GitHub over theft of 106 million folks' details
2019-08-05 13:35

Data loss is lawyers' gain Code repository GitHub and credit card flinger Capital One are facing down a potential class action suit in the US accusing them of negligence over the loss of 106...

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