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70% of leaked secrets remain active two years later

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70% of leaked secrets remain active two years later 2025-03-20 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Long-lived plaintext credentials have been involved in most breaches over the last several years, according to GitGuardian. When valid credentials, such as API keys, passwords, and authentication tokens, leak, attackers at any skill level can gain initial access or […]

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Report: The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025

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Report: The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 2025-03-19 at 16:31 By Help Net Security GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 report shows no progress in combating secrets sprawl, with 23.8 million secrets leaked on public GitHub repositories in 2024—a 25% year-over-year increase. Despite GitHub Push Protection’s efforts, secrets sprawl is accelerating, especially with generic secrets,

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Infosec products of the month: December 2024

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Infosec products of the month: December 2024 2024-12-27 at 06:03 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Appdome, Cato Networks, Datadog, Fortinet, GitGuardian, Horizon3.ai, Netwrix, Radiant Logic, RunSafe Security, SecureAuth, Stairwell, Stamus Networks, Sweet Security, Tenable, Trellix, Versa Networks, and Veza. GitGuardian launches

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What open source means for cybersecurity

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What open source means for cybersecurity 2024-12-23 at 06:03 By Help Net Security With outdated and inadequately maintained components, along with insecure dependencies, the open-source ecosystem presents numerous risks that could expose organizations to threats. In this article, you will find excerpts from 2024 open-source security reports that can help your organization strengthen its software

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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals

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AI is becoming the weapon of choice for cybercriminals 2024-12-20 at 07:03 By Help Net Security AI changes how organizations look at cybersecurity GenAI is compromising security while promising efficiency This article highlights key findings from 2024 reports on AI and GenAI technologies, focusing on their potential and major challenges. Overreliance on GenAI to develop

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New infosec products of the week: December 20, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: December 20, 2024 2024-12-20 at 06:02 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Appdome, GitGuardian, RunSafe Security, Stairwell, and Netwrix. GitGuardian launches multi-vault integration to combat secrets sprawl GitGuardian unveiled a comprehensive Non-Human Identity (NHI) security strategy

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GitGuardian launches multi-vault integration to combat secrets sprawl

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GitGuardian launches multi-vault integration to combat secrets sprawl 2024-12-18 at 10:03 By Industry News GitGuardian unveiled a comprehensive Non-Human Identity (NHI) security strategy with integrations across major secrets management platforms, addressing the growing challenge of secrets sprawl in enterprise environments. With Non-Human Identities—digital references used to authenticate machine-to-machine access—now outnumbering human users 100:1, organizations face

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Report: Voice of Practitioners 2024 – The True State of Secrets Security

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Report: Voice of Practitioners 2024 – The True State of Secrets Security 2024-11-05 at 12:33 By Help Net Security In this study, GitGuardian and CyberArk reveal the stark reality of secrets management across 1,000 organizations. With 79% experiencing secrets leaks and an average remediation time of 27 days, the findings expose critical gaps between security

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AI learning mechanisms may lead to increase in codebase leaks

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AI learning mechanisms may lead to increase in codebase leaks 2024-11-05 at 06:03 By Help Net Security The proliferation of non-human identities and the complexity of modern application architectures has created significant security challenges, particularly in managing sensitive credentials, according to GitGuardian. Based on a survey of 1,000 IT decision-makers in organizations with over 500

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Infosec products of the month: October 2024

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Infosec products of the month: October 2024 2024-11-01 at 06:04 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Action1, Balbix, BreachLock, Commvault, Dashlane, Data Theorem, Edgio, ExtraHop, Fastly, Frontegg, GitGuardian, IBM, Ivanti, Jumio, Kusari, Legit Security, Metomic, Nametag, Neon, Nucleus Security, Okta, Qualys, Rubrik,

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New infosec products of the week: October 18, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: October 18, 2024 2024-10-18 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from ExtraHop, GitGuardian, Nametag, Okta, Rubrik, and Sectigo. GitGuardian Visual Studio Code extension helps developers protect their sensitive information GitGuardian’s new Visual Studio Code extension

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GitGuardian Visual Studio Code extension helps developers protect their sensitive information

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GitGuardian Visual Studio Code extension helps developers protect their sensitive information 2024-10-14 at 11:03 By Industry News Stolen credentials remain the most common cause of a data breach. Various methods exist to prevent such breaches, and the most effective ones will have the least impact on developer productivity while catching issues as early as possible

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Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities

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Beyond human IAM: The rising tide of machine identities 2024-09-17 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Remember when managing user accounts was your biggest headache? Those were simpler times. Today, we’re drowning in a sea of machine identities, and it’s time to learn how to swim – or risk going under. In the ever-expanding universe

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Infosec products of the month: July 2024

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Infosec products of the month: July 2024 2024-08-01 at 05:46 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: AttackIQ, AuditBoard, Black Kite, BlueVoyant, Druva, GitGuardian, Invicti Security, IT-Harvest, LogRhythm, LOKKER, NordVPN, Pentera, Permit.io, Prompt Security, Quantum Xchange, Regula, Rezonate, Scythe, Secure Code Warrior, and

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Whitepaper: DevSecOps Blueprint

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Whitepaper: DevSecOps Blueprint 2024-07-29 at 05:46 By Help Net Security In the DevSecOps Blueprint whitepaper, GitGuardian outlines a robust foundation for building an automated and technology-driven DevSecOps Program that addresses every aspect of the SDLC. Learn how your organization can embed security at every layer: the tools and technologies, the processes (like IR and security

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New infosec products of the week: July 26, 2024

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New infosec products of the week: July 26, 2024 2024-07-26 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from GitGuardian, LOKKER, Permit.io, Secure Code Warrior, and Strata Identity. GitGuardian’s tool helps companies discover developer leaks on GitHub GitGuardian released a tool to help

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GitGuardian’s tool helps companies discover developer leaks on GitHub

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GitGuardian’s tool helps companies discover developer leaks on GitHub 2024-07-24 at 11:01 By Industry News GitGuardian releases a tool to help companies discover how many secrets their developers have leaked on public GitHub, both company-related and personal. Even if your organization doesn’t engage in open source, your developers or subcontractors may inadvertently leak sensitive information

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Find out which cyber threats you should be concerned about

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Find out which cyber threats you should be concerned about 2024-06-05 at 06:01 By Help Net Security This article includes excerpts from various reports that offer statistics and insights into the current cyber threat landscape. Human error still perceived as the Achilles’ heel of cybersecurity Proofpoint | 2024 Voice of the CISO | May 2024

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Photos: RSA Conference 2024

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Photos: RSA Conference 2024 2024-05-08 at 14:31 By Help Net Security RSA Conference 2024 is taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Help Net Security is on-site, and this gallery takes you inside the event. The featured vendors are: Sophos, NetSPI, IT-Harvest, Cisco, GitGuardian, Delinea, Splunk, Entrust, and Trellix. The post Photos: RSA

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Infosec products of the month: March 2024

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Infosec products of the month: March 2024 2024-04-01 at 05:46 By Help Net Security Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Appdome, AuditBoard, Bedrock Security, Cado Security, Check Point, CyberArk, Cynerio, DataDome, Delinea, Drata, Exabeam, GitGuardian, GitHub, GlobalSign, Legato Security, Legit Security, Malwarebytes, Ordr, Pentera, Portnox, Regula,

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