GitHub is rolling out support for the free scanning of exposed secrets (such as credentials and auth tokens) to all public repositories on its code hosting platform. Secret scanning is a security ...

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 ...

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 ...

GitHub is making secrets scanning available for all public repositories and requiring all developers to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for their accounts. The ...

Exposing hard-coded credentials and sensitive secrets through public code repositories has been a major security risk for organizations for years, with over 10 million new instances of credential ...