Security News

Weak SSH keys opened many GitHub repositories to compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-06-03 10:37

Github repositories of many entities, projects, and even one government could have been compromised and used to deliver malicious code due to the owners' use of easily crackable SSH keys. "A little...

Compromised SSH keys used to access Spotify, UK Govt GitHub repos (The Register)
2015-06-03 08:11

Assume your GitHub account is hacked, users with weak crypto keys told (ArsTechnica)
2015-06-03 00:36

Auditing GitHub users' SSH key quality (Reddit)
2015-06-02 14:11

GitHub Commit Crawler (mind your commits) (Reddit)
2015-05-28 03:11

How Google saw the DDoS attack against Github and GreatFire (Help Net Security)
2015-04-27 10:37

The recent DDoS attacks aimed at GreatFire, a website that exposes China's internet censorship efforts and helps users get access to their mirror-sites, and GitHub, the world's largest code hosting se...

Google Provides Detailed Analysis of GitHub Attack Traffic (Threatpost)
2015-04-24 17:46

The high-profile DDoS attack against GitHub that went on for several days last month was the end result of am operation that included several phases and extensive testing and optimization by the...

Github publishes first transparency report (SC Magazine)
2015-04-17 18:00

GitHub issues transparency report (Help Net Security)
2015-04-17 12:44

GitHub has released its first ever transparency report. Of the 10 subpoenas for user data, GitHub has disclosed information in 7 of them, and has informed affected users about it in 43 percent of ...

Governments lodge just 10 subpeonas for GitHub user info (The Register)
2015-04-17 03:00