A number of high-profile source-code repositories hosted on GitHub could have been modified using weak SSH authentication keys, a security researcher has warned. The potentially vulnerable ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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