GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In order to push, pull and clone securely between your local Git installation and a remote ...

When you add a security key to SSH operations, you can use these devices to protect you and your account from accidental exposure, account hijacking, or malware, GitHub security engineer Kevin Jones ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. HTTPS is a popular mechanism for communicating across the Internet, but security minded ...

GitHub has revoked weak SSH authentication keys generated using a library that incorrectly created duplicate RSA keypairs. GitHub allows you to authenticate to their service without a user name and ...

GitHub's RSA SSH private key was accidentally leaked to the public, as confirmed by the code hosting platform's CEO, Mike Hanley. An engineer from the Israeli company "Commun.it" uses his expertise in ...

Security researchers have uncovered two new malicious packages on the npm open source package manager that utilized GitHub to store stolen Base64-encrypted SSH keys taken from developer systems. These ...