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 ...

GitHub has announced on Monday that it expanded its code hosting platform's secrets scanning capabilities for GitHub Advanced Security customers to block secret leaks automatically. Secret scanning is ...

The other day, I was working on a side project, minding my own business, when I stumbled upon a code snippet on GitHub Gists. As I skimmed through the snippet, a random thought struck me: What would ...

The module targets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Continue, and Windsurf. It also harvests API keys for nine large language models (LLM) providers: ...

While this is likely to affect a fair number of people who are using GitHub’s REST API and repositories, perhaps the more interesting question here is whether this is merely the beginning of a larger ...

Question: How do I keep my API keys from becoming part of someone else's GitHub search? Answer: Storing API keys directly in your code is generally not recommended due to the potential security risks.

Nightfall AI today published findings from its annual State of Secrets Report. This research revealed that secrets like passwords and API keys were most often found in GitHub, with nearly 350 total ...

A self-replicating npm worm dubbed SANDWORM_MODE hits 19+ packages, harvesting private keys, BIP39 mnemonics, wallet files and LLM API keys from dev environments.