New Techniques Attackers Are Using to Harvest Your Secrets

Toyota Motor Corporation recently suffered a data breach due to a mistakenly exposed access key on GitHub. That hardcoded access key evaded detection for five years! This news joined a long line of headlines about the damage caused by hardcoding secrets in code and how it can lead to a full-blown software supply chain attack. When attackers manage to steal source code, the first thing they do is scan it for secrets to extend the impact of their breach. Both …

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