Security News

Facebook and GitHub test new account recovery option (Help Net Security)
2017-01-31 21:47

Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of it. Users may lose...

Forgot your GitHub password? Facebook cooks up spec to reset logins via social network (The Register)
2017-01-30 23:35

8 million GitHub profiles scraped, data found leaking online (Help Net Security)
2016-11-18 15:16

Technology recruitment site GeekedIn has scraped 8 million GitHub profiles and left the information exposed in an unsecured MongoDB database. The backup of the database was downloaded by at least...

Dyn Confirms DDoS Attack Affecting Twitter, Github, Many Others (Threatpost)
2016-10-21 14:01

DNS providers Dyn suffered a DDoS attack this morning that affected many of its major customers including Twitter, Spotify, Github and others.

Mozilla to China's WoSign: We'll kill Firefox trust in you after mis-issued GitHub certs (ZDNet)
2016-09-27 10:36

Chinese CA hands guy base certificates for Github, Florida uni (The Register)
2016-08-29 08:22

Mechanical Phish auto-exploit auto-patch kit lands on GitHub (The Register)
2016-08-22 03:06

How to install SparkleShare on Ubuntu and connect it to GitHub (TechRepublic)
2016-07-06 19:29

Cloning an entire github organization with gitim software (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2016-06-26 21:28

Breached Credentials Used to Access Github Repositories (Threatpost)
2016-06-17 15:01

Password reuse strikes GitHub users, some of whom will have to reset their credentials after unauthorized attempts were made to access a large number of GitHub accounts.