GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after five days. This is ...

The open source software development service has made it easier for developers using its public repositories to keep coding secrets and tokens close to the chest. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock ...

Malicious Lightning 2.6.2/2.6.3 released April 30 enable credential theft via hidden payload, leading to PyPI quarantine and ...

Secret keys are quite literally the key to security in software development. If a malicious actor gains access to the keys securing your data, you’re toast. The problem is, to use keys, you’ve got to ...

The open-source package elementary-data, with over a million downloads per month, has been compromised. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in a GitHub ...

GitHub has announced that its enterprise-focused secret scanning tool for private repositories is now generally available. The Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform first debuted secret scanning for ...

GitGuardian has disclosed a new software supply chain attack campaign, dubbed GhostAction, that exfiltrated thousands of sensitive credentials before being detected and contained on September 5. The ...

Self-propagating npm worm steals tokens via postinstall hooks, impacting six packages and expanding supply chain attacks.