5 critical lessons from the latest GitHub phishing campaign by Gitloker

The Gitloker phishing campaign has exposed a significant threat to GitHub repositories, leveraging stolen credentials to compromise and extort developers and the organizations they work for. Key lessons from this attack include implementing strong authentication methods such as MFA or Passkey Authentication, using SAML for corporate authentication, identifying all secrets in git history, utilizing anomaly detection solutions, and implementing least privilege access measures. By taking these steps, AppSec and DevOps teams can better protect their development environments and minimize the risk of similar attacks.