New research from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) has identified that organizations’ application security programs struggle to keep up with the pace of software development, and it reveals best practices to secure modern software applications.
Today, we’re unveiling HasMySecretLeaked, a free toolset to help security and DevOps engineers verify if their organization’s secrets have leaked on GitHub.com.
In today’s interconnected world, secrets are the keys to unlocking sensitive data and systems. Like hidden gems for attackers, any inadvertent exposure of these secrets could lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, and security compromises. As organizations adopt DevOps practices, artifacts containing secrets are often stored and shared across various stages of the software supply chain, amplifying the risk of exposure.
New data from Outpost24 reveals that IT administrators could be just as predictable as end-users when it comes to passwords. An analysis of just over 1.8 million passwords ranks ‘admin’ as the most popular password with over 40,000 entries, with additional findings pointing to a continued acceptance of default passwords.