A GitHub member was briefly suspended on Sunday after he exploited a vulnerability in the code repository's systems without first telling GitHub he was going to do so. Egor Homakov's hack caused ...

China's recent attack on GitHub and GreatFire.org was carried out using a specially designed offensive system dubbed the "Great Cannon" (GC), researchers say. The attack actively diverted unencrypted ...

Salesloft said a breach of its GitHub account in March allowed hackers to steal authentication tokens that were later used in a mass-hack targeting several of its Big Tech customers. Citing an ...

ZDNET's key takeaways The YouTube Ghost Network promoted thousands of scam videos.Videos offer game hacks or pirated software; they distribute malware.A web of fake accounts makes the scam videos look ...

An attacker who used stolen OAuth open standard authentication tokens from Heroku and Travis-CI was able to download private repositories and source code ahead of the Easter holidays. Open source ...

A user has hacked into the official GitHub-hosted Ruby on Rails code repository and bug tracker on Sunday in order to show the Rails development team how serious a vulnerability was. Ruby on Rails, ...

Lawfirm Tycko & Zavareei LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit against source-code hosting site GitHub for its link to a massive Capital One hack, alleging the company is guilty of negligence, ...

GitHub has warned users to review their password security after mass brute force hacking attempts from some 40,000 IP addresses were launched against accounts. GitHub was investigating the attacks, ...