ZDNet

Over 100,000 GitHub repos have leaked API or cryptographic keys

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Bleeping Computer

GitHub now can auto-block token and API key leaks for all repos

GitHub is now automatically blocking the leak of sensitive information like API keys and access tokens for all public code repositories. Today's announcement comes after the company introduced push ...
CSOonline

How corporate data and secrets leak from GitHub repositories

Attackers constantly search public code repositories like GitHub for secrets developers might inadvertently leave behind, and any tiny mistake can be exploited. One boring day during the pandemic, ...
TechSpot

More than 100,000 GitHub repositories found spreading malicious packages

Facepalm: GitHub serves as a colossal hub for software development, hosting nearly half a billion code projects created by hundreds of millions of developers worldwide. Given its extensive reach and ...
GIGAZINE

It's by design that anyone can access deleted or private repositories on GitHub.

GitHub allows anyone to access forks and repositories that have been deleted or set to private, and this behavior is by design and not a flaw, open source security firm Truffle Security said in a blog ...
TechRadar

Dangerous WebRAT malware now being spread by GitHub repositories

Kaspersky finds 15 malicious GitHub repositories posing as proof‑of‑concept exploits, some crafted with Gen AI Victims receive a ZIP with decoys and a dropper (rasmanesc.exe) that installs WebRAT ...
TechSpot

Chatbots are surfacing data from GitHub repositories that are set to private

Facepalm: Training new and improved AI models requires vast amounts of data, and bots are constantly scanning the internet in search of valuable information to feed the AI systems. However, this ...