Bleeping Computer

GitHub deprecates account passwords for authenticating Git operations

GitHub has announced today that account passwords will no longer be accepted for authenticating Git operations starting tomorrow. This change was first announced last year, in July, when GitHub said ...
TheServerSide

How to use GitHub Actions secrets to hide your tokens and passwords example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the ongoing challenges DevOps professionals face when developing continuous integration ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub now supports security keys when using Git over SSH

GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) found [PDF ...
InfoWorld

GitHub Action Secrets aren’t secret anymore: exposed PATs now a direct path into cloud environments

Many enterprises use GitHub Action Secrets to store and protect sensitive information such as credentials, API keys, and tokens used in CI/CD workflows. These private repositories are widely assumed ...
CSOonline

Python GitHub token leak shows binary files can burn developers too

Scrubbing tokens from source code is not enough, as shown by the publishing of a Python Software Foundation access token with administrator privileges to a container image on Docker Hub. A personal ...