GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud-based source code management or version control system, but that’s just the beginning.

While GitHub offers security features like two-factor authentication and alerts for vulnerable dependencies, public repositories can expose code to anyone, potentially even malicious actors.

Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.

Previously, only upgraded GitHub Pro accounts could create a private GitHub repository. This option is now available to all accounts -- but with a catch that can limit users.

GitHub renamed the master branch to main for any Git repository, as it addresses cultural change like so many organizations that have nixed master-slave terminology in a time of social unrest.

GitHub today launched sponsor-only repositories, that is, private repositories that only sponsors will get access to.

What it is known is that the hacker removes all source code and recent commits from vitcims' Git repositories, and leaves a ransom note behind that asks for a payment of 0.1 Bitcoin (~$570).

Millions of GitHub repositories may be vulnerable to dependency repository hijacking, also known as "RepoJacking," which could help attackers deploy supply chain attacks impacting a large number ...