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AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure

AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure 2026-03-27 at 20:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise […]

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GitHub jumps on the bandwagon and will use your data to train AI

GitHub jumps on the bandwagon and will use your data to train AI 2026-03-26 at 15:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub updated how it uses data to improve AI-powered coding assistance. Starting April 24, interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users may be used to train and improve GitHub’s models unless users opt out.

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GitHub-hosted malware campaign uses split payload to evade detection

GitHub-hosted malware campaign uses split payload to evade detection 2026-03-24 at 13:12 By Zeljka Zorz A large-scale malware delivery campaign has been targeting developers, gamers, and general users through fake tools hosted on GitHub, Netskope researchers have warned. These “lures” are highly polished and appear legitimate, occasionally mimicking real projects, thus making them difficult to

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Aqua’s Trivy Vulnerability Scanner Hit by Supply Chain Attack

Aqua’s Trivy Vulnerability Scanner Hit by Supply Chain Attack 2026-03-23 at 16:12 By Ionut Arghire Hackers published a malicious scanner release and replaced tags to point to information-stealer malware. The post Aqua’s Trivy Vulnerability Scanner Hit by Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Plumber: Open-source scanner of GitLab CI/CD pipelines for compliance gaps

Plumber: Open-source scanner of GitLab CI/CD pipelines for compliance gaps 2026-03-23 at 09:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitLab CI/CD pipelines often accumulate configuration decisions that drift from security baselines over time. Container images get pinned to mutable tags, branches lose protection settings, and required templates go missing. An open-source tool called Plumber automates the detection of

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Betterleaks: Open-source secrets scanner

Betterleaks: Open-source secrets scanner 2026-03-19 at 09:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Secrets scanning has become standard practice across engineering organizations, and Gitleaks has been one of the most widely used tools in that space. The author of that project has now released a new tool called Betterleaks, which is designed to scan git repositories, directories, and

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Major tech companies invest $12.5 million in open source security

Major tech companies invest $12.5 million in open source security 2026-03-18 at 11:31 By Sinisa Markovic The Linux Foundation announced $12.5 million in grant funding backed by Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and OpenAI to strengthen open source security. The funding will be directed through the foundation’s Alpha-Omega Project and the Open Source

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ForceMemo: Python Repositories Compromised in GlassWorm Aftermath

ForceMemo: Python Repositories Compromised in GlassWorm Aftermath 2026-03-16 at 13:51 By Ionut Arghire Hundreds of GitHub accounts were accessed using credentials stolen in the VS Code GlassWorm campaign. The post ForceMemo: Python Repositories Compromised in GlassWorm Aftermath appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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VulHunt: Open-source vulnerability detection framework

VulHunt: Open-source vulnerability detection framework 2026-03-16 at 07:40 By Anamarija Pogorelec Binarly has published VulHunt Community Edition, making the core scanning engine from Binarly’s commercial Transparency Platform available to independent researchers and practitioners. What VulHunt does VulHunt Community Edition is a framework for detecting vulnerabilities in compiled software. It operates against multiple binary representations simultaneously,

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Cloud-audit: Fast, open-source AWS security scanner

Cloud-audit: Fast, open-source AWS security scanner 2026-03-11 at 09:21 By Mirko Zorz Running AWS security audits without a dedicated security team typically means choosing between enterprise platforms with per-check billing and generic open-source scanners that produce findings with no remediation guidance. Cloud-audit, a Python CLI tool published on GitHub by Mariusz Gebala, takes a narrower

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Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS

Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS 2026-03-09 at 08:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source project Sage inserts an interception layer between an AI agent

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IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants

IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants 2026-02-28 at 07:07 By Zeljka Zorz Veteran security engineer Niels Provos is working on a new technical approach designed to stop autonomous AI agents from taking actions you haven’t specifically authorized. His open-source software solution, called IronCurtain, aims to neutralize the risk of an LLM-powered agent

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2026

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: February 2026 2026-02-26 at 07:07 By Anamarija Pogorelec This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Pompelmi: Open-source secure file upload scanning for Node.js Software teams building services in JavaScript are adding more layers of defense to handle

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Microsoft adds domain libraries and Copilot integration to the quantum development kit

Microsoft adds domain libraries and Copilot integration to the quantum development kit 2026-02-25 at 08:05 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (QDK) is an open-source toolkit that runs on laptops and in common development environments. It includes code, simulators, libraries, and workflows that work with Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. Integration with

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GitHub Issues Abused in Copilot Attack Leading to Repository Takeover

GitHub Issues Abused in Copilot Attack Leading to Repository Takeover 2026-02-24 at 14:26 By Ionut Arghire Attackers can inject malicious instructions in a GitHub Issue that are automatically processed by Copilot when launching a Codespace from that issue. The post GitHub Issues Abused in Copilot Attack Leading to Repository Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Allama: Open-source AI security automation

Allama: Open-source AI security automation 2026-02-09 at 08:19 By Sinisa Markovic Allama is an open-source security automation platform that lets teams build visual workflows for threat detection and response. It includes integrations with 80+ types of tools and services typical in security operations, including SIEM systems, endpoint detection and response products, identity providers, and ticketing

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VS Code Configs Expose GitHub Codespaces to Attacks

VS Code Configs Expose GitHub Codespaces to Attacks 2026-02-05 at 16:59 By Ionut Arghire VS Code-integrated configuration files are automatically executed in Codespaces when the user opens a repository or pull request. The post VS Code Configs Expose GitHub Codespaces to Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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GitHub enables multi-agent AI coding inside repository workflows

GitHub enables multi-agent AI coding inside repository workflows 2026-02-05 at 13:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec GitHub has expanded Agents HQ, enabling AI coding agents such as GitHub Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, and OpenAI Codex to execute development tasks directly within GitHub and developer editors while preserving repository context, session history, and review workflows. Copilot Pro+ and

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Microsoft launches LiteBox, a security-focused open-source library OS

Microsoft launches LiteBox, a security-focused open-source library OS 2026-02-05 at 11:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft has released LiteBox, a project intended to function as a security-focused library OS that can serve as a secure kernel for protecting a guest kernel using virtualization hardware. LiteBox was developed in collaboration with the Linux Virtualization Based Security (LVBS)

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Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform

Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform 2026-02-04 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity across the globe, pulling together open data feeds into a single interactive map. It visualizes indicators such as malware distribution, phishing activity, and attack

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