Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform

Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment?

Facebook just open-sourced its Capture The Flag (CTF) platform to encourage students as well as developers to learn about cyber security and secure coding practices.

Capture the Flag hacking competitions

British Intelligence Open-Sources its Large-Scale Graph Database Software

UK's Secretive Spy Agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has open-sourced one of its tools on code-sharing website GitHub for free...



A graph database called 'Gaffer.'



Gaffer, written in Java, is a kind of database that makes it "easy to store large-scale graphs in which the nodes and edges have statistics such as counts, histograms and sketches."

GitHub Again Hit by DDoS Cyberattack

Github – the popular code sharing website used by programmers to collaborate on software development – again became a victim of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Tuesday morning.



The attack came just a few months after the popular code repository website GitHub suffered a massive DDoS attack, which was linked to China.



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Here's Top 10 Popular Programming Languages used on GitHub

Open Source is the Future of the computer science world!



On Wednesday, the popular coding website GitHub shared a graph that gives a closer look at the popularity of different programming languages used on its code sharing website that lets anyone edit, store, and collaborate on software code.



Since its launch in 2008, GitHub saw various programming languages picking up momentum, as

China Using A Powerful 'Great Cannon' Weapon to Censor The Internet

China has something very impressive that we are not aware of. The country has a powerful and previously unknown weapon that its government is using to bolster their cyber attack capabilities:



Dubbed "The Great Cannon."



INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN CHINA

When I talk about Internet censorship, it is incomplete if I don't mention China. China is famous for its Great Wall of China and Great

GitHub hit by Massive DDoS Attack From China

Github – a popular coding website used by programmers to collaborate on software development – was hit by a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for more than 24 hours late Thursday night.



It seems like when users from outside countries visit different websites on the Internet that serve advertisements and tracking code from Chinese Internet giant Baidu, the assailants