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.

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 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.

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.