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A single 'git push' could hijack millions of GitHub repositories — and nobody knew for weeks

Sometime in early 2026, a flaw hiding inside one of the most routine actions in software development went live on the world’s largest code-hosting platform. Every time a developer ran git push to send ...
InfoQ

How GitHub Improved Code Push Processing Reliability

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at ...

GitHub disables Microsoft repos pushing password-stealing malware

Microsoft removed 73 repositories across its Azure, microsoft, Azure-Samples, and MicrosoftDocs organizations on GitHub, ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs

A GitHub flaw, or possibly a design decision, is being abused by threat actors to distribute malware using URLs associated with Microsoft repositories, making the files appear trustworthy. While most ...
CPO Magazine

Megalodon Supply Chain Attack Infects Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories with Backdoors and Stealers

A massive supply chain attack dubbed Megalodon has infected over 5,500 GitHub repositories with credential-stealing malware, ...
TheServerSide

Do a git reset and push to undo previous local git commits example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. I published an article recently on how to perform a hard git reset, but one of the questions ...