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

Here's a quick example of how to securely connect Git to GitHub with SSH KeyGen produced secure shell keys on both Windows and Linux.

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 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 ...

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

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.

GitHub rotated keys potentially exposed by a vulnerability patched in December that could let attackers access credentials within production containers via environment variables.

Security researchers have uncovered two new malicious packages on the npm open source package manager that utilized GitHub to store stolen Base64-encrypted SSH keys taken from developer systems. These ...