Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their software product's credibility. But new research from Carnegie Mellon ...

GitHub has revolutionized the way developers collaborate, offering a space where anyone can share and contribute to open-source projects. However, this openness has also made it an attractive hunting ...

GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, helping them reach more unsuspecting users. Stars are similar ...

Kaspersky found that at least one victim lost 5 Bitcoin, worth around $442,000, to a malware-riddled fake project in November. Hackers are creating hundreds of fake GitHub projects aiming to dupe ...

North Korean-linked hackers are pursuing the fake IT worker scheme with new tactics, according to human risk security company Nisos. The firm is tracking a global network of IT workers posing as ...

Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities that infect Windows and Linux with malware. These ...

An emerging threat campaign is using targeted SEO poisoning to hit Mac users with infostealers. According to LastPass blog post authors Alex Cox, Mike Kosak, and Stephanie Schneider, threat actors are ...

The GitHub code you use to build a trendy application or patch existing bugs might just be used to steal your bitcoin BTC $92,263.65 or other crypto holdings, according to a Kaspersky report. GitHub ...

In a new phishing campaign, GitHub developers are being targeted with fake “Security Alerts” where they are prompted to authorize a malicious OAuth application. Successful execution of the Click-fix ...