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Major Shutdown of Top Kodi Repository may Signify the End!
One of the top Kodi Repository holders, TVADDONS, has been shut down indicating the likely end of wide-scale piracy on the Kodi Application. Users who have gone to watch their favourite programs have suddenly found that ‘no streams are available’ and find themselves desperately seeking alternatives. Another nail in the…
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Hacked Passwords Cause GitHub A Headache
These days, when you start to work on programming something, it’s common for a group of people to start working on a project. Be it a simple program or a complex one, keeping track of who has done what changes and making sure you know what’s happening is hard enough…
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GCHQ Releases Open-source Spy Tool on GitHub
Open source surveillance has changed the ball game somewhat after British Intelligence security service GCHQ has created an account on well-known code repository site, and one of the fairly recent targets of China’s Great Cannon attack tool, GitHub. What has exactly been created? It’s an open sourced tool by the…
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Google Announces Cloud Source Repositories
Working on a project is difficult, working on a project with multiple people is difficult, working on a project with multiple people, in multiple locations and with multiple devices is difficult. What I’m saying is working on something is difficult, anyone that’s ever programmed can attest to this. People often…
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Sourceforge Hijacks GIMP and Nmap with Trojans
Sourceforge has been found to be hijacking orphaned open source projects and adding malware to their repositories. Notable victims of this practice are the popular GIMP and Nmap accounts, using them to distribute third-party “bundle-ware” installers. GIMP fell victim to this scheme last week, and now Nmap has been “adopted”…
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