ZDNet

Over 100,000 GitHub repos have leaked API or cryptographic keys

A scan of billions of files from 13 percent of all GitHub public repositories over a period of six months has revealed that over 100,000 repos have leaked API tokens and cryptographic keys, with ...

GitHub-Store 1.6.0: Cross-platform app store for open source

The open-source app store GitHub-Store has been released in version 1.6.0. It brings better Linux support and many convenience features.
GIGAZINE

It was pointed out that repositories that were supposed to be private on GitHub were made public through Microsoft's AI assistant 'Copilot'

The software development platform GitHub allows users to manage projects by making repositories private, preventing code from being seen by anyone other than those involved. However, an investigation ...
TechSpot

Chatbots are surfacing data from GitHub repositories that are set to private

Facepalm: Training new and improved AI models requires vast amounts of data, and bots are constantly scanning the internet in search of valuable information to feed the AI systems. However, this ...
TechSpot

More than 100,000 GitHub repositories found spreading malicious packages

Facepalm: GitHub serves as a colossal hub for software development, hosting nearly half a billion code projects created by hundreds of millions of developers worldwide. Given its extensive reach and ...