11. June 2021

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GitHub recently updated its insights to include repositories that contain registry secrets for PyPI and RubyGems. This approach protects millions of Ruby and Python programmers’ who can unintentionally commit secrets and credentials to their GitHub repository. 

GitHub, Inc. is a software development and version control Internet hosting service utilizing Git. It provides Git’s distributed version control, source code management as well as its features. GitHub provides users with Advanced Security licenses with security features available. These functionalities are also available for public repositories on GitHb.com. 

It was recently reported by GitHub that repositories that expose PyPI and RubyGems secrets, such as passwords and API tokens are now routinely scanned. 

To take advantage of this functionality, developers must make sure that GitHub Advanced Security is activated for their repository that is the default situation for public repositories. 

“For public repositories on GitHub.com, these features are permanently on and can only be disabled if you change the visibility of the project so that the code is no longer public,” states GitHub. 

Secrets or tokens are strings that one can validate themselves when using a service, comparable to a username and a password.