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You now have the option to select either the “Extended” or “Default” query suite when setting up code scanning with default setup for eligible repositories within your organization. Code scanning’s…

Thanks to DevOps, cloud computing and other industry trends, many organizations are shifting from a product mindset to a service mindset. Here’s how you can implement a service-led strategy.

Have your say to protect open source in the EU.

A look at how we improved the readability of code on GitHub.

After we released Swift in beta on the 1st June, we are now adding support for long awaited Swift 5.8.1 and Xcode 14.3.1. This release also brings better support for…

SELinux is the most popular Linux Security Module used to isolate and protect system components from one another. Learn about different access control systems and Linux security as I introduce the foundations of a popular type system.

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

During two-factor authentication and when entering sudo mode for sensitive actions on GitHub.com, TOTP codes could be successfully used multiple times within their validity window. To improve security, this reuse…

Code scanning default setup is now available for all CodeQL supported languages, excluding Swift. This includes supporting JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Go, Java/Kotlin, C/C++, and C# at the repository level. We…

The new GitHub Code View brings users many new features to improve the code reading and exploration experiences, and we overcame a number of unique technical hurdles in order to deliver those features without compromising performance.

Explore how investing in a better developer experience frees developers to do what matters most: building great software.

A tool to help you keep your open source catalog organized and up to date.

Today, we’re extending CodeQL code scanning support to Swift! Developers working on Swift libraries and apps on Apple platforms can now benefit from our best-in-class code security analysis. We currently…

Design can have a significant impact on delivering accessible experiences to our users. It takes a cultural shift, dedicated experts, and permission to make progress over perfection in order to build momentum. We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re starting to see a real shift in our journey to make GitHub a true home for all developers.

Starting today, Dependabot will be able to auto-dismiss npm alerts that have limited impact (e.g. long-running tests) or are unlikely to be exploitable. With this ship, Dependabot will cut false…

Open source’s impact on nuclear fusion research, adapting to technological change, and mastering GitHub essentials.

You can now create new repositories with pre-filled form fields, making it even easier to define the right info for your new repos from the start. There are a number…

Explore how generative AI may soon help enable optimizing some of the foundational components of compliance.

In this post, I’ll look at a security-related change in version r40p0 of the Arm Mali driver that was AWOL in the January update of the Pixel bulletin, where other patches from r40p0 was applied, and how these two lines of changes can be exploited to gain arbitrary kernel code execution and root from a malicious app. This highlights how treacherous it can be when backporting security changes.

A high-quality audit log is an essential tool for enterprises to ensure compliance, maintain security, investigate issues, and promote accountability.

Learn more about static analysis and how to use it for security research!
In this blog post series, we will take a closer look at static analysis concepts, present GitHub’s static analysis tool CodeQL, and teach you how to leverage static analysis for security research by writing custom CodeQL queries.