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GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push
GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. The ModernBERT-based classifier will expand GitHub’s push protection, which checks code for secrets and
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GitHub has announced an AI detector, developed with Microsoft Applied Sciences, to help prevent developers from uploading passwords and other credentials to code repositories. The ModernBERT-based classifier will expand GitHub’s push protection, which checks code for secrets and can block a push before a credential enters repository history. How the detector works Existing checks recognize many credentials by their formats. The new classifier examines surrounding code to identify unstructured secrets, such as database passwords with … More → The post GitHub adds AI to catch passwords before a code push appeared first on Help Net Security.