Collaborate Disseminate
Many private Git repositories are at risk of being leaked to the public. Anonymous hackers have wiped the code and are demanding Bitcoin. Or else they’ll open-source it for you. And then everyone will be able to read your soopah-sekrit sores.
The post… Continue reading Git Code Repos Held to Ransom – Thousands Hacked
When I attempt git push origin, I get the following error:
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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@… Continue reading Am I actually seeing a Man-in-the-Middle when pushing to GitHub?
I’m testing some servers with OpenVAS and I run into some SCM files that are remotely accessible:
.git/config
.git//info/exclude
.git/description
.git/HEAD that contains refs/heads/master
and
.git/refs/heads/master that … Continue reading What could an attacker do on a server where Source Control Management (SCM) files are accessible?
For those hosting their own git repositories there are a number of solutions for creating convenient web-accessible front ends, but [mitxela] wasn’t quite satisfied with any of them. After trying a number of alternatives and reflecting on his requirements, he realized that all he really needed was a summary page …read more
Continue reading Easy Git Repository Summaries With Web-git-sum
We have a Git repo sitting behind a firewall. As I see it, there are two ways of authenticating/accessing the Git repo:
Add a Reverse HTTP Proxy in the DMZ that communicates with the Git repo. This will allow the user to ac… Continue reading Providing access to Git repo behind a Firewall using Certs/Keys for Authentication
I’m not sure I understand GPG, and something on GitHub has left me wondering.
In git, a GPG private key can then be used to sign commits, which allows someone who is in possession of the public key of the committer to verify… Continue reading Confused about GitHub’s GPG key association and authenticity
A git repository will contain information on every previous commit and all the information in that commit.
That means that if you have a git repository that contained any information such as secret keys or passwords, then y… Continue reading How can a git repository be sanitized efficiently and effectively?
I just noticed we can use git credential in order to cache our username and password so we do not need to do it everytime especially if it’s on server as usually for me I would add ssh for local computers but with servers I a… Continue reading git credential cache and store
If an attacker gains full write access to an arbitrary branch in a Git repository, which technical attacks could they perform to compromise the integrity or availability of the data in the master branch?
This is assuming tha… Continue reading What can an attacker do with access to a compromised Git branch?
A study performed by the non-profit American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research revealed that the majority of home routers have tens of known vulnerabilities. For its research, the ACI used a scanner called Insignary Clarity, which c… Continue reading Study: Most Home Routers Have Unpatched Vulnerabilities