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 ...
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 ...
TechCrunch

Thousands of exposed GitHub repositories, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot

Security researchers are warning that data exposed to the internet, even for a moment, can linger in online generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot long after the data is made private. Thousands ...
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 ...

GitHub-Store 1.6.0: Cross-platform app store for open source

The open-source app store GitHub-Store has been released in version 1.6.0. It brings better Linux support and many ...
GIGAZINE

It was pointed out that repositories that were supposed to be private on GitHub were made public through Microsoft's AI assistant 'Copilot'

The software development platform GitHub allows users to manage projects by making repositories private, preventing code from being seen by anyone other than those involved. However, an investigation ...