GitHub Makes Copilot Autofix Generally Available

August 15, 2024 at 05:09AM GitHub has launched Copilot Autofix, an AI-powered vulnerability remediation feature. It offers fix suggestions for various security defects, helping developers to address bugs in their code faster. During the public beta, it was found that developers were fixing vulnerabilities more than three times faster than manually. It will be available … Read more

GitHub Rolls Out ‘Code Scanning Autofix’ in Public Beta

March 21, 2024 at 08:15AM GitHub introduced the public beta of code scanning autofix, leveraging Copilot and CodeQL AI tools to spot and suggest fixes for vulnerabilities in JavaScript, Typescript, Java, and Python repositories. The feature aims to expedite bug resolution and lessen unaddressed vulnerabilities, benefitting both developers and security teams. It is now in … Read more

GitHub Launches AI-Powered Autofix Tool to Assist Devs in Patching Security Flaws

March 21, 2024 at 07:42AM GitHub announced the availability of a new feature called code scanning autofix for Advanced Security customers. It leverages CodeQL, Copilot, and OpenAI GPT-4 to provide code suggestions to fix vulnerabilities in JavaScript, Typescript, Java, and Python. The feature aims to assist developers by generating potential fixes and explanations in natural … Read more

GitHub’s new AI-powered tool auto-fixes vulnerabilities in your code

March 20, 2024 at 02:57PM GitHub introduced a new AI-powered feature, Code Scanning Autofix, which automatically provides potential fixes for vulnerabilities in JavaScript, Typescript, Java, and Python. The feature aims to speed up vulnerability fixes, reduce security risks, and reclaim developers’ time. GitHub plans to expand language support and has also enabled push protection for … Read more

Cracking Weak Cryptography Before Quantum Computing Does

December 6, 2023 at 11:41AM At Black Hat Europe 2023, a team from Microsoft, GitHub, and Banco Santander unveiled open source tools to detect weak cryptography, urging updates for quantum computing security. Their study found widespread use of outdated algorithms like RSA and SHA-1 in open source projects. The tools enable developers to assess and … Read more