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If you downloaded anything from project's hub repos, consider it compromised If you have fetched anything from Gentoo's GitHub-hosted repositories today, dump those files – because hackers have...
Major websites took steps to protect ICE staff as tension over the US family separation policy ratcheted up.
Malware-laden Syscoin releases were up for download on an official GitHub repository after hackers managed to compromise an account and replace legitimate Windows installers. read more
Microsoft's come a long way in the past 10 years, since former chief Steve Ballmer called open-source a malignant cancer.
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...