Collaborate Disseminate
An unknown hacker yesterday successfully managed to hack into the official GitHub account of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux project and created 11 new empty repositories.
It appears that the cyberattack was, fortunately, just a “loud” … Continue reading Ubuntu-Maker Canonical’s GitHub Account Gets Hacked
Downloaded anything from Gentoo’s GitHub account yesterday?
Consider those files compromised and dump them now—as an unknown group of hackers or an individual managed to gain access to the GitHub account of the Gentoo Linux distribution on Thursday a… Continue reading Github Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Code Replaced With Malware
Here’s the biggest news of the week—Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion.
For those unaware, GitHub is a popular code repository hosting service that allows developers to host their projects, documentation, and code in the cloud u… Continue reading Confirmed—Microsoft Buys GitHub For $7.5 Billion
A so-called ‘text bomb’ flaw in Apple’s iPhone and Mac computers that causes devices to crash or restart will be patched next week, according to multiple sources. Continue reading Apple Preps ChaiOS iMessage Bug Fix, Report
HP released security firmware updates this week for dozens of printers, including enterprise models, to fix a high-risk vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-2750, stems from a failur… Continue reading HP Patches High-Risk Vulnerability in Business Printers
Open source developers who use the popular code-sharing site GitHub were put on alert after the discovery of a phishing email campaign that attempts to infect their computers with an advanced malware trojan.
Dubbed Dimnie, the reconnaissance and espio… Continue reading Widespread Email Scam Targets Github Developers with Dimnie Trojan