GitHub has revoked weak SSH authentication keys generated using a library that incorrectly created duplicate RSA keypairs.

GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts.

Earlier this year, researcher Ben Cox collected the public SSH (Secure Shell) keys of users with access to GitHub-hosted repositories by using one of the platform’s features.

When you add a security key to SSH operations, you can use these devices to protect you and your account from accidental exposure, account hijacking, or malware, GitHub security engineer Kevin ...

GitHub's RSA SSH private key was accidentally leaked to the public, as confirmed by the code hosting platform's CEO, Mike Hanley.

GitHub was forced to change its RSA SSH key today, after the private key was briefly exposed in a public GitHub repository. That's why users who connected today to GitHub.com via SSH got a message ...

As an authentication mechanism, SSH provides two-factor authentication in the form of something you have (the secret key) and something you know (the key phrase).

Greetings humans, So recently I've started working with a macbook (macos ventura 13.0) and I have a frustrating issue which I cannot solve: every time I restart the latpop I have to add my ssh ...

Updated: Github users have been caught out storing keys and passwords in public repositories. Search links popped up throughout Twitter today pointing to stored keys including what was reportedly ...