Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Socket, and North Carolina State University have unveiled a new tactic in cybercriminals’ arsenal: the exploitation of fake GitHub stars to promote ...

OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot, is a viral AI agent transforming personalized AI interactions while posing significant security challenges for developers and users alike.

New research from Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science shows that GitHub users increasingly buy or trade for fake stars, then use their ill-gotten gains to attract unsuspecting users so they ...

On GitHub, users can bookmark repositories by 'starring' them. The number of stars is seen as an indicator of a repository's popularity, and investors sometimes use this as a criterion for selecting ...

In May of this year, our open-source software startup Elementl closed a successful Series B round. In the run-up to the fundraising, I spent a fair amount of time preoccupied with GitHub stars. If you ...