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Safeguard articles tagged "github" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.

38 articles

Incident Analysis

Slack 2022-2023 Incidents: Operational Retrospective

Slack disclosed a stolen-token incident over the 2022 holidays and a related GitHub repository access event; the operational lessons apply broadly.

Mar 13, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

GitHub Codespaces and Supply Chain Risk in 2026

Codespaces shifts development from the laptop to the cloud, which changes the supply chain threat model in ways most teams have not fully thought through.

Mar 11, 20266 min read
Incident Analysis

The GitHub Dependabot Token Incident: Retrospective

In 2023, attackers used stolen GitHub personal access tokens to push malicious commits masquerading as Dependabot; a short-sharp incident with lasting lessons.

Mar 6, 20267 min read
Tools

GitHub Advanced Security 2026: Copilot Autofix Goes GA

GHAS in 2026 made Copilot Autofix generally available, opened secret scanning to Team plans, and shipped extended secret metadata. We walked the upgrade for an org with 800 repos.

Mar 5, 20266 min read
Incident Analysis

Dropbox 2022: The Supply Chain Angle

Dropbox's 2022 GitHub phishing incident began with a developer-targeted CircleCI lookalike campaign; the supply chain lessons centered on CI tokens and code.

Mar 4, 20266 min read
Best Practices

Safeguard vs GitHub Advanced Security 2026

A technical comparison of Safeguard and GitHub Advanced Security in 2026 across scanning depth, secret detection, container coverage, and cost.

Mar 2, 20268 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

GitHub Enterprise Server CVE-2024-4985: SAML Authentication Bypass

A critical authentication bypass in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed attackers to forge SAML responses and gain administrator access to self-hosted GitHub instances without any credentials.

Feb 26, 20265 min read
Case Studies

GitHub's Supply Chain Security Features

A comprehensive look at GitHub's evolving supply chain security toolkit, from Dependabot to code scanning, and how these features are reshaping how developers manage dependency risk.

Feb 18, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

How to Enable Dependency Review on GitHub PRs

A step-by-step tutorial for turning on GitHub Dependency Review, enforcing license and severity policies, and getting fast feedback on every pull request.

Feb 5, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

Dependabot Security Updates: Behavior Deep Dive

A hands-on look at how Dependabot security updates behave in 2023 - PR grouping, semver strategy, transitive coverage, and alternatives when it misses a fix.

Feb 3, 20265 min read
Best Practices

Dependabot Security Update Policies for 2026

A pragmatic guide to configuring Dependabot for security updates: which knobs matter, which defaults are wrong, and how to avoid drowning teams in PRs.

Feb 3, 20266 min read
DevSecOps

GitHub Dependabot and the State of Automated Dependency Security

Dependabot has become the default for dependency updates, but its limitations highlight why automated scanning alone isn't enough for supply chain security.

Feb 2, 20265 min read

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