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Resources for securing your supply chain, building more secure applications, and staying up-to-date with the latest vulnerability research. Get comprehensive insights into the latest security trends, vulnerabilities, and best practices to safeguard software projects—and news from the GitHub Security Lab. Learn about various aspects of application security, such as threat modeling, secure coding techniques, vulnerability assessments, and the importance of regular security testing.
Also, learn more about the tools and features available on GitHub to help manage and improve the security of your codebases. This includes information on GitHub’s security alerts, code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency management features, which are designed to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities early in the development process. And if you want to get more technical, you can head over to our documentation on code security on GitHub to find out how to keep your code and applications safe.
How Dependabot empowers you to keep your projects secure
We want to take away the pain and effort of keeping your code secure, so check out how Dependabot empowers developers to keep to their projects secure.
How to secure your end-to-end supply chain on GitHub
Securing your projects is no easy task, but end-to-end supply chain security is more top of mind than ever. We’ve seen bad actors expand their focus to taking over user…
Validate all the things: improve your security with input validation!
If there’s one habit that can make software more secure, it’s probably input validation. Here’s how to apply OWASP Proactive Control C5 (Validate All Inputs) to your code.
GitHub Advisory Database now open to community contributions
Anyone can now provide additional information to further the community’s understanding and awareness of security advisories.
Leveraging machine learning to find security vulnerabilities
A behind-the-scenes peek into the machine learning framework powering new code scanning security alerts.
Encoding and escaping untrusted data to prevent injection attacks
Practical tips on how to apply OWASP Top 10 Proactive Control C4.
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) for open source projects
A comprehensive guide for vulnerability reporters.
Improving the developer experience for Dependabot alerts
Today, we’re shipping improvements to Dependabot alerts that make them easier to understand and remediate.
Code scanning and Ruby: turning source code into a queryable database
A deep dive into how GitHub adds support for new languages to CodeQL.
Top-100 npm package maintainers now require 2FA, and additional security-focused improvements to npm
Starting today, we are rolling out mandatory 2FA to all maintainers of top-100 npm packages by dependents.
Dependency graph now supports GitHub Actions
The dependency graph helps developers and maintainers understand the code they depend on, and now includes GitHub Actions!
Thinking beyond SQL injection: OWASP tips for secure database access
When it comes to secure database access, there’s more to consider than SQL injections. OWASP Top 10 Proactive Control C3 offers guidance.
Secure your GitHub account with GitHub Mobile 2FA
GitHub continues to improve account security and developer experience with a new 2FA mechanism in GitHub Mobile on iOS and Android.
How the community powers GitHub Advanced Security with CodeQL queries
The GitHub Security Lab’s CodeQL bounty program fuels GitHub Advanced Security with queries written by the open source community.
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