Security News

Microsoft on Monday announced that it has agreed to acquire software development and collaborateion platform GitHub in a deal valued at $7.5 billion. read more

Here's the biggest news of the week: Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub and could announce a deal in likely worth billions of dollars as soon as Monday. For those unaware, GitHub is a...

GitHub has instructed some users to reset their passwords after a bug caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. read more

A patch for Meltdown created an even bigger flaw for 64-bit Win7 and Server 2008 R2. Now, it's freely available.

GitHub says the introduction of security alerts last year has led to a significantly smaller number of vulnerable code libraries on the platform. The code hosting service announced in mid-November...

Git repository hosting service GitHub paid a total of $166,495 in rewards in 2017 to security researchers reporting vulnerabilities as part of its four year old bug bounty program. Total payouts...

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, GitHub's code hosting website hit with the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that peaked at record 1.35 Tbps. Interestingly, attackers did...

GitHub this week permanently disabled a series of weak cryptographic standards across its software development platform in an attempt to better protect users. read more

What appears to be the source code of iBoot, a key component of Apple’s iOS platform responsible for trusted boot operation, was posted on GitHub yesterday. read more

Apple source code for a core component of iPhone's operating system has purportedly been leaked on GitHub, that could allow hackers and researchers to discover currently unknown zero-day...