Github articles

Linux could have been brought down by backdoor found in widely used utility

Why it matters: By happenstance Microsoft researcher Andres Freund found malicious code that could break sshd authentication. If it hadn't been discovered it could have posed a grave threat to Linux. The open source community has reacted to the incident, acknowledging the fortuitous nature of the discovery and how it was fortunately caught early before it could pose a significant risk to the broader Linux community.

More than 100,000 GitHub repositories found spreading malicious packages

Mercedes-Benz accidentally shared its source code and business secrets with the whole world

Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview

Microsoft exposed 38 terabytes of sensitive data while working on AI model

Facepalm: Training generative AI models requires coordination and cooperation among many developers, and additional security checks should be in place. Microsoft is clearly lacking in this regard, as the corporation has put vast amounts of data at risk for years.

AI-assisted code can be inherently insecure, study finds

GitHub Copilot slammed with the first class-action against "unfair" AI

A hot potato: The first class-action lawsuit against a machine learning algorithm has been filed in San Francisco federal court. Proponents are calling for millions of GitHub users to reaffirm their rights against Copilot, an AI that suggests new code by violating open-source licenses and several other copyright infringement laws.

Manage your Git repositories with GitHub Desktop

Developer nukes his extensively used JS libraries to protest corporate use without compensation

Almost 30 percent of new GitHub code is written with AI assistance

GitHub's open-source code scanning tool looks for security holes in real-time

GitHub is using archival film stored in the arctic to backup all repositories

GitHub says 80 percent of repository contributions come from outside the U.S.

GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea and Crimea

Microsoft revives Windows PowerToys as an open-source project

Microsoft further embraces open source software by sharing the Windows Calculator

Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock

European Commission 'unconditionally' approves Microsoft's GitHub acquisition

GitLab gets deep pocket monies, gears up for war with Microsoft

GitHub removes repository containing Game Boy Advance emulator at Nintendo's request

Microsoft turns GitHub founders into billionaires

Confirmed: Microsoft has acquired GitHub

New Atom 1.25 improves GitHub integration

Last week's DDoS attack on GitHub included a ransom demand embedded in the payload

GitHub falls victim to largest DDoS attack ever recorded