A researcher going by the handle mschwager on GitHub demonstrated an attack method that abuses the 'setup.py' file in Python modules to perform code execution when the package is installed.

JavaScript and Python are now the most popular programming languages used on GitHub, followed by Java and TypeScript.

Yesterday, following a DMCA complaint, GitHub took down a repository that hosts the official SymPy project documentation website. It turns out the DMCA notice filed by HackerRank's representatives ...