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GitHub adds approval checks for suspicious Actions workflows

GitHub Actions will hold potentially malicious workflows until a collaborator with write access approves them.

GitHub Automatically Holds Suspicious Actions Runs, but Repository Owners Must Approve Them

GitHub now automatically holds suspicious Actions workflows in public repositories, but maintainers must still review ...
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GitHub launches Actions, its workflow automation tool

For the longest time, GitHub was all about storing source code and sharing it either with the rest of the world or your colleagues. Today, the company, which is in the process of being acquired by ...
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GitHub Copilot app now scans in-flight code for vulnerabilities before commit

GitHub shipped the /security-review slash command to its Copilot desktop app on July 14, making AI-driven pre-commit vulnerability scanning available to every Copilot subscriber — including Free tier ...
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Git Version Control Mastery: Branching, Merging & GitHub Workflow Tips for Teams

Git Version Control is the backbone of modern software development, helping teams manage code efficiently and avoid conflicts. Understanding version control basics allows developers to track changes, ...
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GitHub Actions attack renders even security-aware orgs vulnerable

Many open-source repositories contain privileged GitHub Actions workflows that execute untrusted code and can be triggered by attackers to expose credentials and access tokens, as MITRE and Splunk ...
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GitHub Copilot CLI Adds Pre-Commit Security Scanner: LLM Inference at the Detection Layer

GitHub shipped /security-review — a dedicated slash command for GitHub Copilot CLI — on Wednesday, putting AI-driven vulnerability scanning inside the terminal for the first time as an experimental ...