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GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns

GitHub’s actions/checkout v7 now blocks risky fork PR checkouts in privileged workflows to reduce common pwn request attacks.
InfoWorld

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

After years of trying to educate developers to use pull_request_target securely, the platform finally implements stronger ...
ZDNet

GitHub Actions moves GitHub into DevOps

With GitHub Actions, you can build a container app, deploy a web service, publish packages to registries, or automate welcoming new programmers to your open source projects. Or chain them all together ...
NewsBytes

GitHub reports record June 2026 after Copilot pricing switch

Less than a month after switching to usage-based pricing for its Copilot AI tool, GitHub CTO Vladimir Fedorov declared June ...
TheServerSide

How to use GitHub Actions secrets to hide your tokens and passwords example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. One of the ongoing challenges DevOps professionals face when developing continuous integration ...
TheServerSide

10 best GitHub Actions examples

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. It all starts with a GitHub Actions workflow. Here’s how to create a run a workflow in the tool.
InfoWorld

Automating CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Automating and streamlining the software development lifecycle through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is a cornerstone of software development today. One of the easiest tools ...
CSOonline

GitHub Actions attack renders even security-aware orgs vulnerable

Many open-source repositories contain privileged GitHub Actions workflows that execute untrusted code and can be triggered by attackers to expose credentials and access tokens, as MITRE and Splunk ...