GitHub has a major problem with fake rankings, which could put users at risk of attack
Researchers found 4.5 million fake stars on GitHub The platform’s ranking and recommendations lean heavily on stars Users are ...
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Fake GitHub stars are being used to inflate malicious repositories
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Socket, and North Carolina State University have unveiled a new tactic in ...
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Fake stars undermine GitHub: 4.5 million fraudulent stars discovered
GitHub is grappling with the problem of fake stars artificially inflating the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, which allows them ...
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Fake Github Stars Are Being Used to Push Malware
The researchers built a tool called ‘StarScout’ that scans repositories and GitHub accounts for likely fake stars, using ...
Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings
GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution ...
GitHub is making its AI programming Copilot free for VS Code developers — with limits
The service leverages advanced AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, with limits.
GitHub Copilot is Now Free in Visual Studio Code
GitHub today announced GitHub Copilot Free, a free new tier of GitHub Copilot that integrates directly with Visual Studio ...