techtimes

GitHub's RSA SSH Private Key Leaks! Was It a Breach?

GitHub's RSA SSH private key was accidentally leaked to the public, as confirmed by the code hosting platform's CEO, Mike Hanley. An engineer from the Israeli company "Commun.it" uses his expertise in ...
TheServerSide

git@github: permission denied (PublicKey) SSH error fix

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. To fix GitHub’s Permission denied to [email protected] (publickey) error, you must address one ...
Dark Reading

GitHub's Private RSA SSH Key Mistakenly Exposed in Public Repository

GitHub, a Microsoft subsidiary has replaced its SSH keys after someone inadvertently published its private RSA SSH host key part of the encryption scheme in an open GitHub repository. While some may ...
TechSpot

Using a U2F Key to Secure Your Google, Dropbox, and GitHub Accounts

Last week we discussed the basics of two-factor authentication (2FA) and why it's a good idea to take advantage of it. If you haven't read the article, I recommend you do, after which you'll likely ...
ZDNet

Over 100,000 GitHub repos have leaked API or cryptographic keys

A scan of billions of files from 13 percent of all GitHub public repositories over a period of six months has revealed that over 100,000 repos have leaked API tokens and cryptographic keys, with ...