A scan of billions of files from 13 percent of all GitHub public repositories over a period of six months has revealed that over 100,000 repos have leaked API tokens and cryptographic keys, with ...

A new campaign exploiting GitHub to distribute malicious Python code disguised as legitimate hacking tools has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The operation, tied to the group known as ...

Thousands of GitHub repositories were copied with their clones altered to include malware, a software engineer discovered today. While cloning open source repositories is a common development practice ...

GitHub’s decision to remove the ability to sort code search results by index date has triggered an outpouring of frustration from developers who argue that the change has undermined one of the ...

Hackers planted malicious code in open source software packages with more than 2 billion weekly updates in what is likely to ...