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Search for Random Leaks of API Keys, Passwords and Tokens Earned for All GitHub Users

GitHub announced that a service for scanning public repositories for random leaks of sensitive data (API keys, account passwords, authentication tokens, and so on) is now available to all users and now it can search for forgotten secrets throughout the publication history.

Information security specialists also said that GitHub will remove exploits for vulnerabilities under attack.

Let me remind you that we also wrote that Samsung Message Guard Will Protect Galaxy Devices from Zero-Click Attacks, and also that OpenAI Introduced a Tool for Detecting Text Generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Since attackers actively search public repositories on GitHub for various secrets [...]

Target Open-Source Web Skimmer Scanner

Target (one of the largest e-commerce retailers in the US, which also owns a supermarket chain) has open-sourced an internal Merry Maker tool that the company has been using since 2018. The scanner allows determining whether the site has been compromised and whether it contains malicious code that steals customer payment card data.

Let me remind you that web skimmers are also called MageCart attacks. Initially, the name MageCart was given to one hack group, which was the first to inject malicious code into websites in order to steal bank card data. As part of such attacks, hackers break into websites and then inject malicious code on their pages that records and steals payment card [...]

Government hackers attacked FireEye, the largest provider of information security solutions

One of the world’s largest security vendors FireEye reports that it has been attacked by hackers from a government-supported group.

Attackers are known to have successfully gained access to the company’s internal network and stole proprietary tools that FireEye uses to test its clients’ networks.

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia says the attackers searched for information regarding a number of government customers of the company, but did not reach customers’ information. In general, he described the unknowns as “highly sophisticated attackers whose discipline, operational security and methods of work suggest that this was a government-sponsored [...]

Chinese hackers use McAfee antivirus for spreading the malware

According to Google, hackers linked to the Chinese government are using legitimate McAfee security solutions to distribute malware.

This appears to be the same hacker group that earlier this year tried unsuccessfully to attack the campaign headquarters of former US Vice President Joe Biden.

However, according to the head of Google Threat Analysis Group Shane Huntley, there is no evidence that phishing attacks have been successful.

“From the beginning of the campaign, we knew that we would become the target for such attacks, and properly prepared,” – said in the Biden’s headquarter.

The APT31 group sends its victims emails with a link leading to GitHub, from [...]

Code Scanning function for identification of vulnerabilities on GitHub is now available to everyone

GitHub developers announced the launch of a new Code Scanning function that allows scanning code for vulnerabilities.

Previously, the new product worked in test mode (since May 2020), but now it has become available to all users, both paid and free.

“The new feature helps preventing products from vulnerabilities by analyzing every pull request, commit and merge, recognizing vulnerable code as soon as it is created”, – says ZDNet with a link to the GitHub developers.

If vulnerabilities are found, the scanner will offer the developer to revise his code.

Code Scanning runs on top of CodeQL, a technology that GitHub has integrated into its platform [...]

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