Main target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.

GitHub says that when other users would download any of the 26 projects, the malware would behave like a self-spreading virus and infect their local computers.

Though the site offers the ability to download code via a Web page, to date, the chief way to interact with GitHub projects has been through a command line interface.

Cybersecurity researchers found risks in the GitHub Actions platform that could enable attackers to inject malicious code into software projects and initiate a supply chain attack.

Teams users can subscribe to notifications from GitHub repositories they care about and collaborate on ongoing development projects.

GitHub Actions will allow GitHub users — which these days is pretty much anyone writing code — to automate the process of moving code between the different steps in their software workflows.

Open source is everywhere, and is quickly becoming the new norm for how companies approach software development. We take a look at some of the open source projects on GitHub created by Microsoft ...

Now, pretty much everyone hosts their open source projects on GitHub, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even Microsoft---once the bete noire of open source software.