InfoWorld

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

After years of trying to educate developers to use pull_request_target securely, the platform finally implements stronger ...
The Hacker News

GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns

GitHub’s actions/checkout v7 now blocks risky fork PR checkouts in privileged workflows to reduce common pwn request attacks.
Developer Tech

GitHub brings agentic workflows to GitHub Actions

GitHub has released Agentic Workflows in public preview, bringing coding agents into GitHub Actions for automated engineering ...
TechCrunch

GitHub Copilot introduces new limits, charges for ‘premium’ AI models

GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub’s AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users. On Friday, GitHub announced “premium requests” for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes ...
CSOonline

GitHub Actions attack renders even security-aware orgs vulnerable

Many open-source repositories contain privileged GitHub Actions workflows that execute untrusted code and can be triggered by attackers to expose credentials and access tokens, as MITRE and Splunk ...
InfoQ

GitHub Copilot Desktop App Targets Parallel Agentic Workflows

GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop control centre for agent-native development that aims to keep ...
The Hindu

GitHub Copilot introduces premium requests, makes Agent Mode generally available

GitHub has announced a new system for GitHub Copilot called ‘premium requests’ so rate limits are imposed when using other AI models rather than the base model, which is OpenAI’s GPT-4o. This includes ...