GitHub
All the latest news on GitHub from the Cloud7 News. You can get the daily news for FREE by subscribing to our newsletter.
- Legal Name: GitHub, Inc.
- Website: github.com
- Founded: 2008
- Founder(s): Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, P. J. Hyett, Scott Chacon
- Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
- Title: Where the world builds software
What is GitHub?
GitHub, headquartered in California, is a service that offers a cloud-based Git repository. It allows developers to store, manage, track and control changes in their code. It was founded in February of 2008 and since 2018, it is a subsidiary of Microsoft. As of 2020, the platform has more than 40 million users and 190 million repositories, which makes it the biggest host of source code that exists.
GitHub News
GitHub has shared the details of the OAuth attack
On April 19, we shared the news regarding the stolen GitHub OAuth tokens and how the attackers utilize them to ...
GitHub introduces a new feature for Dependabot alerts
GitHub introduces a new feature for Dependabot alerts, which has helped developers resolve approximately 3 million alerts. With the new ...
GitHub warns users against attackers using stolen OAuth tokens
GitHub warned users against attackers who steal data from private repositories with stolen OAuth user tokens. According to the announcement, ...
GitHub suspends Russian accounts
Russian developers are stating that their GitHub accounts are being suspended. Russian GitHub users stated that the bans began on ...
GitHub introduces code scanning analysis features
GitHub launched new features to scan codes to find the most common types of vulnerabilities. Code scanning, an experimental feature, ...
GitHub launched a technical preview of GitHub Copilot
GitHub announced the launch of a technical preview of GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer. It aims to help users ...
GitHub: Over $500,000 bounties awarded in 2020
GitHub released the 2020 highlights for its GitHub Security Bug Bounty Program, which was launched in 2014. According to the ...
Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft and ThoughtWorks launch Green Software Foundation
Accenture, GitHub, Microsoft, and ThoughtWorks have founded and launched The Green Software Foundation, a nonprofit organization established with the Linux ...
PHP’s Git server hacked
Unidentified actors hacked the official Git server of PHP programming language and pushed unauthorized updates to insert a secret backdoor ...
GitHub introduces dark mode and sponsors
GitHub announced various new features during the virtual GitHub Universe 2020 event. One of the most anticipated features is the ...
GitHub introduced the ReadME project
The GitHub team is launching the ReadMe Project, which allows the community to share their stories, and to learn from ...
GitHub replacing terms to avoid slavery references
GitHub is showing its support for Black Lives Matter protests by changing certain terms. GitHub CEO announced on Twitter that ...
GitHub warns developers against a new malware
GitHub's security team has announced that they have received a message from a security researcher who pinpoints a malware in ...
Huawei announced openEuler, CentOS-based Linux distribution
Huawei has introduced the source code of openEuler, its distribution of Linux based on CentOS to Gitee. Developers can obtain ...
Python becomes the second most popular programming language
Github’s "The State of the Octoverse" report shows that Python becomes the second most popular programming language leaving Java, PHP, ...
Shhgit scans GitHub for crypto keys and passwords
Programmer and security expert Paul Price released a new web app, called Shhgit. The app can scan the web-based GitHub ...
What are the latest news on GitHub?
The latest GitHub news are:
Is it free to read GitHub news on Cloud7?
Yes, it is completely free to read GitHub news on Cloud7. Also, you can request the most important daily web hosting, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data center, and Linux news of the day to come to your e-mail by registering for our newsletter service without paying any cost.