Coding Agent Security for AppSec Leaders: Start With What Agents Can Reach
AI coding agents can read files, call tools, and use credentials that never appear in a pull request. For AppSec teams, securing the code is only part of the job.
AI coding agents can read files, call tools, and use credentials that never appear in a pull request. For AppSec teams, securing the code is only part of the job.
AI coding assistants are unpredictable by design. Learn how AI hooks add deterministic controls and how GitGuardian ggshield blocks secrets before agents can use them.
The GhostAction supply chain campaign hit 772 public GitHub repositories between Aug. 31 and Sept. 30, 2026, targeting 2,577 secrets. Between Oct 8-9 a new burst hit 30k more, and this time the workflows ran.
A secrets vault controls the credentials you manage. Detection finds the ones that escaped. Here are six reasons mature secrets management programs need both.
Pasted a secret into a chat window and promised to clean it up later? Here's how SOPS works with age, AWS KMS, and HashiCorp Vault.
GitGuardian found a public GitHub repo tied to CISA leaking 844MB of live credentials. Agents Analysis flags which public leaks are actually yours.
AWS Dogwood brings stateful authorization to AI agents. Learn how it fits with workload identity, AuthZEN, IAM, and the move away from long-lived credentials.
This is the fifth post in our "Bring Your Own Source" series. The previous ones covered n8n workflow integration, Salesforce, GitLab CI, and GitHub Gists.
Worried about GitHub Copilot’s security and privacy concerns? Learn about potential risks and best practices to protect yourself and your organization while leveraging AI.
Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot leave credentials scattered across config files, logs, and shell history that repository and CI scanners never see. Here's where that trail actually lives, and how to close it.
Docker Sandboxes isolate AI coding agents from the host. The GitGuardian Mixin Kit adds ggshield and AI hooks to scan prompts, tool actions, and outputs for secrets, giving developers a safer, repeatable path for agentic coding.
GitGuardian tested thousands of leaked GitHub App private keys and found 474 valid ones, some with admin access to entire organizations. CDC and BuildBuddy were among those affected. See the findings.
Recent campaigns show a consistent pattern: a supply chain attack compromises trusted software to reach the credentials held by developer machines and CI/CD pipelines.