Developers who want a safe space to host their code repositories, and to distribute their programs to users, tend to choose GitHub, and rightfully so. The platform is home to over 65 million ...

The metadata that developers look at when deciding whether to use an open source project on GitHub can be easily forged and gives attackers a way to trick users of the platform into downloading ...

In a blog post, GitHub said it took down Youtube-dl because the RIAA claimed the software was designed to circumvent “technological measures” protecting videos from unauthorized copying. Doing so ...

Cybersecurity researchers Kaspersky have iscovered a longstanding, widespread criminal campaign targeting software developers with information-stealing malware. Kaspersky said it observed hundreds of ...

Microsoft-owned GitHub has removed today 18 projects from its code-hosting portal following a legal request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). All the code repositories ...