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3 Ways to Hide Your Credentials

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Now that I’m working at a cloud security company, I’ve started to develop a security mindset, and I realize how important it is for us all to play an indispensable role in protecting businesses from cyberattacks. Especially with many of us working from home due to COVID19, cybersecurity is more important than ever before! We really shouldn’t underestimate the power of hackers. Back when I was a teenager, my social media credentials actually got stolen multiple times just because I downloaded some attachments or clicked on those phishing links in the emails. I really hope this will never happen to you!

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In fact, according to the research my colleague Austin McBride previously worked on, there was a significant increase in phishing attacks since the pandemic. We really need to take cybersecurity more seriously. Some bots can and will steal your keys the moment you push your code to a public or private GitHub repository. Let’s start by hiding your credentials and avoid accidentally leaking any sensitive data via code review on Github. In this blog, I’ll share 3 ways to hide your…