Tag: GitHub
Security researcher exploits GitHub gotcha, gets admin access to all Istio repositories and more
A security researcher investigated an archive of commits on GitHub, which developers had likely thought they had deleted, […]
Misconfigured GitHub Actions could leave repos and secrets exposed, Sysdig finds
Sysdig researchers have warned that developers and maintainers could be leaving their repos open to hijacking through inadequately […]
Researchers warn of prompt injection vulnerability in GitHub MCP with no obvious fix
A team of researchers at Invariant Labs, based in Zurich, Switzerland, has warned developers of a prompt injection […]
Mozilla quietly makes Microsoft’s GitHub the authoritative home for Firefox code
The non-profit Mozilla Corporation has made Microsoft-owned GitHub the “canonical home” for the source code of the Firefox […]
The risks of GitHub Actions: Researcher describes severe potential of CodeQL vulnerability, now fixed
A researcher has described how a vulnerability in GitHub’s CodeQL, a tool for detecting security issues, had the […]
React team formally deprecates Create React App following ‘perfect storm of incompatibility’
The React team has officially deprecated the Create React App, once recommended as an easy way to get […]
Microsoft Visual Studio and C# DevKit updates bring long-awaited fixes
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.13, with long-awaited fixes including the ability to set the default text […]
VS Code update treats Copilot as “out-of-the-box” feature
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to version 1.97, in which the company said that GitHub […]
More React, more app-like: GitHub engineer outlines future UI for its DevOps platform
A GitHub software engineer has described the past, present and future of UI (user interface) at GitHub, including […]
GitHub Git downtime caused by bad configuration update
GitHub, a critical service for millions of organizations, suffered 49 minutes or more of Git downtime on January […]