#Hacktivity2023 // How Attackers Find & Exploit Secrets in Source Code

Mackenzie Jackson - Exposed Credentials – How Attackers Find & Exploit Secrets in Source Code

This presentation was held at #Hacktivity2023 IT security conference on 5th October 2023.

Secrets like API keys, security certificates and other credentials are the crown jewels of organizations and provide access to the inner workings of your systems. But these secrets are sprawling through the internet at an alarming rate. A research project conducted throughout 2022 by GitGuardian uncovered 10 million leaked secrets publicly on …

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