GitHub is introducing a set of defenses against supply-chain attacks on the platform that led to multiple large-scale incidents recently. The attacks led to the compromise of thousands of accounts and ...

GitHub has announced the general availability of three significant improvements to npm (Node Package Manager), aiming to make using the software more secure and manageable. In summary, the new ...

GitHub, which owns the npm registry for JavaScript packages, says it is tightening security in response to recent attacks.… September has been a bad month for npm with phishing attacks on package ...

A surge in supply chain attacks has put open-source software risk, prompting GitHub to strengthen security across its npm ecosystem. The company, which operates the world’s largest code repository, is ...

At least 187 code packages made available through the JavaScript repository NPM have been infected with a self-replicating worm that steals credentials from developers and publishes those secrets on ...

GitHub rolled out several updates this week aimed at developer collaboration, open source security and enterprise billing. At the center is a new public preview of the GitHub Copilot app for Microsoft ...

GitHub this week committed to a more secure NPM supply chain in the wake of a handful of attacks causing widespread compromise. On Sept. 22, GitHub senior director of security research Xavier ...

Researchers discovered malicious activity impacting GitHub and popular WordPress and npm tools that could pose significant supply chain risks. In a new report, Armis Labs highlighted three recently ...

A researcher at Koi Security says the two key platforms have not plugged the vulnerabilities enabling the worm attacks, and ...

Security researchers have uncovered two new malicious packages on the npm open source package manager that utilized GitHub to store stolen Base64-encrypted SSH keys taken from developer systems. These ...