Ars Technica

Auth error trying to copy a repo with Github Actions

So, thanks to a helpful Github employee on StackOverflow, I learned that GHA has a couple of helpful "features" that were tripping me up: - The 'checkout@v2' action by default only does a minimal ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub restores popular Python repo hit by bogus DMCA takedown

Yesterday, following a DMCA complaint from HackerRank, GitHub took down a repository that hosts the official SymPy project documentation website. First released fifteen years ago, SymPy is an open ...
TechCrunch

GitHub launches Actions, its workflow automation tool

For the longest time, GitHub was all about storing source code and sharing it either with the rest of the world or your colleagues. Today, the company, which is in the process of being acquired by ...
Ars Technica

10 malicious Python packages exposed in latest repository attack

Researchers have discovered yet another set of malicious packages in PyPi, the official and most popular repository for Python programs and code libraries. Those duped by the seemingly familiar ...
CSOonline

GitHub Actions attack renders even security-aware orgs vulnerable

Many open-source repositories contain privileged GitHub Actions workflows that execute untrusted code and can be triggered by attackers to expose credentials and access tokens, as MITRE and Splunk ...
TheServerSide

Full GitHub Actions environment variables list for YAML build workflow scripts example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. If a developer wants to build a workflow, shell script or build job of any merit, they’ll need ...