A misconfigured AWS CodeBuild webhook allowed bypass of actor ID checks, risking takeover of four AWS GitHub repositories before fixes in Sep 2025.

GitHub's new Agents tab centralizes Copilot coding agent sessions in a repository, making it easier to launch tasks, track progress, and review the resulting pull requests in standard tooling such as ...

Private and deleted GitHub repositories are not as secure as users might assume. Data from deleted forks, deleted repositories, and private repositories can still be accessed, often indefinitely. This ...

GitHub is great for exploring repositories, but it’s not always the best option for your project. If you want to keep it private, access it without the internet, or configure what you see, you’ll need ...

Prompt injection for the win Anthropic has fixed three bugs in its official Git MCP server that researchers say can be ...

A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. While most ...

Until now, the most compelling reason to opt into the GitHub Pro paid product was because it enabled you to create a private repository. Developers could use GitHub's free offering -- with a ...

Ever since they became a standard offering on a free tier, private GitHub repositories have become popular with developers. However, many developers become ...

On the social news site Hacker News, jgraham, a Mozilla employee, explains that the Firefox source code has been made public on GitHub. According to jgraham, the difference for contributors won't be ...