The defense mechanisms that NPM introduced after the 'Shai-Hulud' supply-chain attacks have weaknesses that allow threat actors to bypass them via Git dependencies. Collectively called PackageGate, ...

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Microsoft has owned GitHub since 2018, but the widely used developer platform has operated with at least a little independence from the rest of the company, with its own separate CEO and other ...

Before that, Torvalds had been content to keep Linux's code straight by hand. But, by 1999, as developer Larry McVoy observed, Torvalds was on the verge of burning out. The problem? You couldn't scale ...

A set of three distinct but related attacks, dubbed 'Clone2Leak,' can leak credentials by exploiting how Git and its credential helpers handle authentication requests. The attack can compromise ...

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in GitHub Desktop as well as other Git-related projects that, if successfully exploited, could permit an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a ...

Improper handling of messages in Git’s credential retrieval protocol could have allowed attackers to leak users’ credentials, security researcher RyotaK says. Git retrieves login information stored in ...

A California judge dismissed nearly all claims laid out in a lawsuit that accuses GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI of copying code from developers. A California judge dismissed nearly all claims laid out ...

The wiki can be edited using the GitHub UI (click "Edit" or "New Page"), or by cloning and pushing changes directly. Unfortunately there is no way to make a Pull ...