GitHub says that when other users would download any of the 26 projects, the malware would behave like a self-spreading virus and infect their local computers.

Cybercriminals are exploiting GitHub to spread credential-stealing malware through fake repositories, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has warned. The campaign, dubbed “GitVenom,” involves ...

GitHub is now also a CVE CNA and can issue its own CVE numbers for bugs disclosed in projects hosted on the platform.

Millions of users of GitHub, the premier online platform for sharing open-source software, rely on stars to establish their ...

With GitHub, code changes are made within branches, and when the developer is ready, they can merge it with the main branch. In order to download files from a particular branch, you will need to ...

Though the site offers the ability to download code via a Web page, to date, the chief way to interact with GitHub projects has been through a command line interface.