In internal meeting, Microsoft execs share a plan to ward off AI coding rivals by overhauling GitHub

"GitHub is just not the place anymore where developers are storing code," one top Microsoft executive warned.
ZDNet

GitHub rolls out new Code Scanning security feature to all users

Code-hosting website GitHub is rolling out today a new security feature named Code Scanning for all users, on both paid and free accounts. GitHub says the new Code Scanning feature "helps prevent ...
ZDNet

GitHub: Now our built-in bug checker gets these third-party code-scanning tools

GitHub has released a host of third-party security tools for its just-launched code-scanning feature, which helps open-source projects nix security bugs before they hit production code. GitHub Code ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

Scientists develop end-to-end encryption for git services

From large technology corporations to startups, from computer science students to indie developers, using git services is as ...
TechCrunch

GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository

GitHub Copilot has changed how developers write their code. However, it can also create issues when it creates code similar to what’s already available in another public repository. In 2022, GitHub ...
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The world's most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help

Nowadays data breaches aren't rare shocks—they're a weekly drumbeat. From leaked customer records to stolen source code, our ...
WeLiveSecurity

Backdoor added to PHP source code in Git server breach

Unknown attackers compromised the official PHP Git server and planted a backdoor in the source code of the programming language, potentially putting websites using the tainted code at risk of complete ...