Looking back on the GitHub Security Lab Capture The Flag: CodeQL and chill
One year ago, the security research team at Semmle launched its first Capture the Flag (CTF), as part of the Hack In The Box (HITB) Amsterdam conference. We wanted to…
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Keep all your packages up to date with Dependabot
Keeping your dependencies updated is one of the easiest ways to keep the software you build secure. However, while it’s critically important to keep your dependencies updated, in a recent…
Giving credit for Security Advisories
Saying thanks is now a core part of the Security Advisory workflow.
Git credential helper vulnerability announced (Update)
Learn more about the security vulnerabilities affecting Git 2.26.1 and older.
Six years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program
Learn more about the Bug Bounty program, including a recap of 2019’s bugs, our expanded scope, new features, and more.
CERT partners with GitHub Security Lab for automated remediation
Learn more about how we found ways to scale our vulnerability hunting efforts and empower others to do the same. In this post, we’ll take a deep-dive in the remediation of a security vulnerability with CERT.
Behind the scenes: GitHub security alerts
Learn more about what’s behind the scenes with GitHub vulnerability alerts.
Security best practices for GitHub Enterprise Server
Keep GitHub Enterprise Server secure with our recommendations for security best practices, from password protection to logging and auditing.
Announcing GitHub Security Lab: securing the world’s code, together
On Day Two of GitHub Universe 2019, we announced GitHub Security Lab to bring together security researchers, maintainers, and companies across the industry who share our belief that the security of open source is important for everyone.
Securing software, together
Software security is a collective problem, a responsibility that involves producers and consumers of code, open source maintainers, security researchers, and security teams. At GitHub, we want to give the community the tools it needs to secure the software we all depend on.
Welcoming Semmle to GitHub
Today we’re announcing a big step in securing the open source supply chain: we’re welcoming Semmle to the GitHub.
Dependency graph support is now available for PHP repositories with Composer dependencies
The dependency graph is rolling out for all PHP repositories with Composer dependencies. In addition to Composer, GitHub supports package managers for many other programming languages, including Maven, NPM, Yarn, and Nuget.
GitHub supports Web Authentication (WebAuthn) for security keys
The WebAuthn standard for security keys is making authentication as easy as possible. Now you can use security keys for second-factor authentication on GitHub with many more browsers and devices.
GitHub Token Scanning—one billion tokens identified and five new partners
Token scanning has reached a new milestone: one billion tokens identified. We’ve also added five new partners—Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord, Proctorio, and Pulumi.
Commit signing support for bots and other GitHub Apps
Commit signing is now enabled for all bots by default.