The software development platform GitHub allows users to manage projects by making repositories private, preventing code from being seen by anyone other than those involved. However, an investigation ...

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 ...

Cyberattackers in just the last few months have registered more than 100,000 — but by some estimates more than a million — malicious copycat repositories on GitHub. The "repo confusion" scheme is ...