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GitHub to require two factor authentication for code contributors by late 2023: Code locker has figured out it's a giant honeypot for miscreants planning ...
theregister.com/2022/05/05/github_2fa_mandatory_2023/

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Solana bot scam on GitHub steals crypto from users: Cybersecurity firm SlowMist has uncovered a fake GitHub repository masquerading as a Solana trading bot that ...
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Cybercriminals use fake GitHub Minecraft mods to target young players: Unlike typical malware campaigns, Stargazers Ghost Network is a distribution-as-a-service ...
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Minecraft mod users beware, some fake mods are going around that can steal your Steam details and more
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Top House Democrat asks Microsoft about DOGE code allegedly tied to NLRB data removal
npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5435330/congress-doge-nlrb-whistleblower-github

More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user: : Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks
theregister.com/2025/06/05/backdoored_malware_repos/

Hacker targets other hackers and gamers with backdoored GitHub code: A hacker targets other hackers, gamers, and researchers with exploits, bots ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-targets-other-hackers-and-gamers-with-backdoored-github-code/

Microsoft introduces GitHub AI agent that can code for you: The GitHub Copilot for artificial intelligence programming will be more visible in GitHub ...
cnbc.com/2025/05/19/microsoft-ai-github.html

Winamp: source code disclosed - | discussions about license: In May, the current owners of Winamp announced that they wanted to open the source code ...
heise.de/news/Winamp-Quellcode-offengelegt-Diskussionen-um-Lizenz-9953816.html

Microsoft sued for open-source piracy through GitHub Copilot: Programmer and lawyer Matthew Butterick has sued Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-sued-for-open-source-piracy-through-github-copilot/

GitHub: Attackers stole login details of 100K npm user accounts: GitHub revealed today that an attacker stole the login details of roughly 100 ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-attackers-stole-login-details-of-100k-npm-user-accounts/

GitHub announces enhanced 2FA experience for npm accounts: Today, GitHub has launched a new public beta to notably improve the two-factor authentication (2FA) ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-announces-enhanced-2fa-experience-for-npm-accounts/

Heroku admits to customer database hack after OAuth token theft: Heroku has now revealed that the stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/heroku-admits-to-customer-database-hack-after-oauth-token-theft/

GitHub: How stolen OAuth tokens helped breach dozens of orgs: GitHub has shared a timeline of this month's security breach when a threat actor gained access ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-how-stolen-oauth-tokens-helped-breach-dozens-of-orgs/

GitHub restores popular Python repo hit by bogus DMCA takedown: Yesterday, following a DMCA complaint, GitHub took down a repository that hosts the official ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-restores-popular-python-repo-hit-by-bogus-dmca-takedown/

GitHub can now alert of supply-chain bugs in new dependencies: GitHub can now block and alert you of pull requests that introduce new dependencies impacted by ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-can-now-alert-of-supply-chain-bugs-in-new-dependencies/

GitHub can now block commits containing API keys, auth tokens: GitHub announced on Monday that it expanded its code hosting platform's secrets scanning ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-can-now-block-commits-containing-api-keys-auth-tokens/

GitHub explains the cause behind the past week's outages: GitHub says recent service outages were caused by resource contention issues in their primary ...
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AWS's AI code reviewer now spots Log4Shell-like bugs in Java and Python code: Amazon Web Services' automated code review helps developers find serious security ...
zdnet.com/article/awss-ai-code-reviewer-now-spots-log4shell-like-bugs-in-java-and-python-code/

GitHub outage impacts Actions, Codespaces, Issues, Pull Requests: GitHub is currently down, affected by a worldwide outage preventing access to the website ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/github-outage-impacts-actions-codespaces-issues-pull-requests/

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