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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 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 ...

An audit of the SSH keys associated with more than a million GitHub accounts shows that some users have weak, easily factorable keys and many more are using keys that are still vulnerable to the ...

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 ...

1Password is making it easier for GitHub users to set up signed commits using SSH keys. Signed commits verify that the person making the code change is who they say they are. When code is checked into ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In order to push, pull and clone securely between your local Git installation and a remote ...

GitHub has revoked an unknown number of cryptographic keys used to access accounts after a developer found they contained a catastrophic weakness that came to light some seven years ago. The keys, ...

The latest version also executes malicious code during the preinstall phase, and is bigger and faster than the first wave, ...