Pierluigi Paganini
April 03, 2021
The popular code repository hosting service GitHub is investigating a crypto-mining campaign abusing its infrastructure. Code repository hosting service GitHub launched an investigation in a series of attacks aimed at abusing its infrastructure to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. Such kind of attacks was reported at least since the end of 2020, when some software developers reported the malicious activity […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 04, 2021
Security expert spotted a new piece of malware that leverages weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. Security expert discovered a new piece of malware uses weaponized Word documents to download a PowerShell script from GitHub. This PowerShell script is also used by threat actors to download a legitimate image file from image hosting […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 29, 2020
GitHub has issued a security alert warning of a malware campaign that is spreading on its platform via boobytrapped NetBeans Java projects. GitHub has issued a security alert warning of a piece of malware dubbed Octopus Scanner that is spreading on its platform via boobytrapped NetBeans Java projects. GitHub’s security team discovered the malicious code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 08, 2020
Microsoft confirmed that it is investigating claims that its GitHub account has been hacked after some of its files were leaked online. Microsoft launched an investigation into the claims that its GitHub account has been hacked. Recently some files allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Github account have been leaked online, and they appear to be […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 25, 2019
GitHub announced the introduction of several new tools and security features to help developers secure their code. The popular code repository hosting service GitHub continues its efforts in helping its customers in developing and maintaining a secure code. “Ninety-nine percent of new software projects depend on open source code. This extensive code reuse helps everyone […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 25, 2019
Experts at Proofpoint discovered that free code repositories on GitHub have been abused since at least 2017 to host phishing websites. Researchers at Proofpoint reported that crooks are abusing free code repositories on GitHub to host phishing websites and bypass security defenses. Experts discovered that cybercriminals are abusing the GitHub service since at least mid-2017. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2019
Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new piece of malware dubbed SLUB that leverages GitHub and Slack for C&C communications. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted a new backdoor dubbed SLUB that abuse GitHub and Slack for command and control (C&C) communications. According to the experts, the SLUB backdoor (Backdoor.Win32.SLUB.A) was only […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2018
In order to improve the security of its users, the popular software code hosting service GitHub is now alerting account holders whenever it detects that a password has been exposed by data breaches on other services. Last week the popular software code hosting service GitHub has introduced a new feature to protect its users, it […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2018
The code hosting service GitHub added Python to the list of programming languages that it is able to auto-scan for known vulnerabilities. Good news for GitHub users, the platform added Python to the list of programming languages that it is able to auto-scan for known vulnerabilities. In March, the code hosting service GitHub confirmed that the introduction […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 04, 2018
Microsoft has reportedly acquired the popular code repository hosting service GitHub, but at the time of writing there is no news about how much Microsoft paid for the platform. Microsoft has reportedly acquired the popular code repository hosting service GitHub. GitHub was last valued at $2 billion in 2015, but at the time of writing […]
