Secrets detection

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The State of Secrets Sprawl 2024

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2024

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2024 report by GitGuardian uncovers a 28% increase in leaked secrets on GitHub, revealing an urgent need for significantly improved security practices.

Guardian Goofs #2

Guardian Goofs #2

It's time for our monthly comic. This month: "Guarding your secrets -- For Kids!"

Wake-up call: why it's urgent to deal with your hardcoded credentials and secrets

Wake-up call: why it's urgent to deal with your hardcoded credentials and secrets

The figures are precise: stolen credentials remain the most common cause of a data breach. So how are there still thousands of hardcoded secrets hiding in source code, CI/CD pipelines, or Docker images, and, more importantly, how should we deal with them?