Why Your Public GitHub Repo Is Exposed: A Cheat‑Sheet on GitHub Dorks

The article explains how attackers use GitHub Dorks to locate sensitive credentials hidden in public repositories, illustrates the types of data at risk, and provides concrete steps—such as .gitignore rules, environment variables, regular audits, and immediate key revocation—to secure your codebase.

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Why Your Public GitHub Repo Is Exposed: A Cheat‑Sheet on GitHub Dorks

DevOps Cloud Academy

Dec 30, 2022 · Information Security

Scanning GitLab Repositories for Secrets Using Custom Secret Detection Rules

This guide explains how to configure and run GitLab secret detection to scan a repository for exposed credentials such as passwords, API keys, JWTs, and private keys, using custom rules, test files, pipeline execution, and result analysis.

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Scanning GitLab Repositories for Secrets Using Custom Secret Detection Rules

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Jul 26, 2022 · Information Security

Detecting, Cleaning, and Preventing Sensitive Data in Git Repositories

This article explains how to identify, remove, and avoid committing sensitive information such as passwords, keys, or tokens in Git repositories by using git log searches, tools like Gitleaks and Detect‑Secrets, and scripts for history rewriting, while also describing preventive pre‑commit hook setups.

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Detecting, Cleaning, and Preventing Sensitive Data in Git Repositories