Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical […]
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GitHub ‘Verified’ Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures
New research shows that a signed Git commit’s hash is not the one-of-a-kind name that much of the software world […]
GitHub Copilot Refuses Harmful Requests in Chat, Then Writes Them in Code
An AI coding assistant that refuses to answer a dangerous request in its chat box can answer it anyway if […]
Public GitHub Issue Could Trick GitHub Agentic Workflows Into Leaking Private Repo Data
A public issue can trick GitHub Agentic Workflows into leaking the contents of an organization’s private repositories, researchers at Noma […]
GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns
Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Workflow Security / Software Supply Chain GitHub is moving to strengthen software supply chain security by updating […]
GitHub to Disable npm Install Scripts by Default to Stop Supply Chain Attacks
Ravie LakshmananJun 11, 2026Developer Security / Software Supply Chain GitHub has announced what it said are “breaking changes” coming to […]
For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer
Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that […]
One-Click GitHub Dev Attack Lets Attackers Steal Full GitHub OAuth Tokens
Ravie LakshmananJun 03, 2026Vulnerability / Software Development Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a one-click attack via Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS […]
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
Skip to content Some report burning through their whole monthly “AI credit” allotment in a single day. Why did we […]
A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain […]