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.

Malicious actors are making hundreds of fake projects on GitHub aiming to snare private info through crypto and credential-stealing malware, says Kaspersky.

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.

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.

Learn how to push a Project to GitHub using Git Command Line (Git Bash) or GitHub Desktop App in Windows 11/10. You can clone a GitHub repository or use commands.

GitHub is the host with the most for open-source projects and programmers who want to share and collaborate on code. Here’s why.