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Security Research2021

GitHub Repos Expose Azure and Red Hat Secrets

By Assaf Morag

Security research reveals that GitHub repositories are exposing sensitive secrets including Azure credentials and Red Hat access keys. These exposed secrets can be leveraged by attackers to gain unauthorized access to cloud resources and services.

The research highlights the ongoing problem of hardcoded secrets in source code repositories, even after developers attempt to remove them, due to Git history and other factors.