Developers get free and targeted advanced secret scanning features on GitHub to protect organizations from exposed secrets.

GitHub announced today the introduction of passwordless authentication support in public beta, allowing users who opt-in to upgrade from security keys to passkeys.

Beginning April 1, GitHub Advanced Security will be split into two products that will be available as standalone options.

Cybercriminals are faking security alerts on GitHub to get unsuspecting users to install malicious applications and lose their work, experts have warned.

Of course, this shouldn’t be a surprise to GitHub users given that the mandatory security upgrade was announced in mid-2022, with several reminders over the following 18 months.

Opsera, the AI-powered DevOps platform trusted by top Fortune 1000 companies, today announced new Advanced Security Dashboard capabilities that, available as an extension of Opsera's Unified ...

GitHub Advanced Security gains some AI features, and GitHub Copilot now includes a chatbot option. Github Copilot Enterprise is expected in February 2024.

Users need to navigate to the security settings and click, "Add a passkey." For those using security keys, they will see "upgrade" instead, if the keys are compatible.

GitHub released in beta upgrades of its client-side software and text editor to allow developers to streamline their workflows, and avoid browser and command line tools.

To address that risk, GitHub has added a mechanism for blocking AI code suggestions that might contain vulnerabilities. GitHub says Copilot for Business can detect several types of security issues.