Password reuse strikes GitHub users, some of whom will have to reset their credentials after unauthorized attempts were made to access a large number of GitHub accounts.
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Github accounts Hacked in 'Password reuse attack'
Popular code repository site GitHub is warning that a number of users’ accounts have been compromised by unknown hackers reusing email addresses and passwords obtained from other recent data breaches.
Yes, GitHub has become the latest target of a password reuse attack after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter.
According to a blog post published by Shawn Davenport, VP of Security at
Protecting Cloud APIs Critical to Mitigating Total Compromise
When it comes to cloud computing, APIs more or less drive everything, but in the eyes of some researchers, existing security controls haven’t kept pace.
Facebook Makes Its CTF Platform Freely Available
Facebook today made its capture the flag platform freely available on GitHub, which includes a ready-made backend and a set of pre-defined challenges.
Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform
Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment?
Facebook just open-sourced its Capture The Flag (CTF) platform to encourage students as well as developers to learn about cyber security and secure coding practices.
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Capture the Flag hacking competitions
Slack Plugs Token Security Hole
Slack fixes a security loophole that opened hundreds of corporate Slack accounts to the public.
British Intelligence Open-Sources its Large-Scale Graph Database Software
UK’s Secretive Spy Agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has open-sourced one of its tools on code-sharing website GitHub for free…
A graph database called ‘Gaffer.’
Gaffer, written in Java, is a kind of database that makes it “easy to store large-scale graphs in which the nodes and edges have statistics such as counts, histograms and sketches.”
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Github Mitigates DDoS Attack
Github said it turned back a distributed denial of service attack; it’s unknown whether this attack is related to a similar attack this March.
Open Source Ransomware Available On GitHub?
Now … this sounds like an utterly horrible idea.
The post Open Source Ransomware Available On GitHub? appeared first on Avira Blog.
New Hammertoss Espionage Tool Tied to MiniDuke Gang
Hammertoss, a backdoor uncovered by researchers at FireEye, combines many previous communication venues used by APT29, a espionage outfit linked to the Russian government.