Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Introducing GitGuardian's Generic Secrets Enricher

GitGuardian is proud to introduce our new Machine Learning-powered Generic Secret Enricher, helping all customers quickly understand the origin and type of discovered generic secrets. The 2025 GitGuardian State of Secret Sprawl report shows that 58% of all detected secrets fall into the generic category.

Github Actions Supply Chain Attacks

This week, we discuss a recent cascading supply chain attack involving multiple Github actions workflows that nearly succeeded in compromising a popular Coinbase application. Before that, we discuss a novel way to download malware onto an endpoint by abusing a web browser's caching feature. Additionally, we cover an FBI alert on file converter malware scams.

The GitGuardian State of Secrets Sprawl 2025: Expert Panel

GitGuardian's 2025 State of Secrets Sprawl Report reveals that nearly 24 million new hardcoded secrets were exposed on public GitHub in 2024 alone–a staggering 25% increase from the previous year. Together with Chris Smith from Cyberark, our expert panel dives deep into the report's most concerning findings.

GitHub Supply Chain Attack: CVE-2025-30066 and CVE-2025-30154 Expose Secrets Across 218 Repositories

A major supply chain attack has exposed sensitive CI/CD secrets in GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files, known as CVE-2025-30066, across 218 repositories. This incident has raised significant concerns about security and is connected to an earlier attack on the other GitHub Action, reviewdog/action-setup@v1, tracked as CVE-2025-30154. While only 4% of the 5,416 repositories that were affected had secrets leaked, the damage is severe.

GitHub Action Supply Chain Attack (CVE-2025-30066)

On March 14, 2025, a critical supply chain attack targeted the widely used GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files. This action, utilized in over 23,000 repositories, was compromised when attackers injected malicious code, causing CI/CD pipeline secrets to be exposed in GitHub Actions logs. This breach raised serious concerns regarding the security of GitHub Actions and the importance of implementing robust security measures in CI/CD workflows.