Security News

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

GitHub issues first transparency report; 40 accounts affected (ZDNet)
2015-04-16 18:00

Follow the MS15-034 http.sys fun over at https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/5150 (links to PoCs video + discussion) (Reddit)
2015-04-16 16:00

Citizen Lab says 'Great Cannon' tool allowed DDoS against GitHub, GreatFire.org (SC Magazine)
2015-04-10 21:56

Github Attack Perpetrated by China’s Great Cannon Traffic Injection Tool (Threatpost)
2015-04-10 17:06

The Great Firewall's offensive counterpart, the Great Cannon, which inject malicious scripts to reroute traffic, is responsible for recent massive DDoS attacks targeting Github and GreatFire.org.

Meet Great Cannon, the man-in-the-middle weapon China used on GitHub (ArsTechnica)
2015-04-10 16:55