Ars Technica

Making SSH Private keys more secure

which talks about beefing up the security of the passphrase of your SSH private key. The article (as I understand it) discusses that by default, your SSH private key passphrase is essentially just a ...
Bleeping Computer

SSH keys stolen by stream of malicious PyPI and npm packages

A stream of malicious npm and PyPi packages have been found stealing a wide range of sensitive data from software developers on the platforms. The campaign started on September 12, 2023, and was first ...
techtimes

GitHub's RSA SSH Private Key Leaks! Was It a Breach?

GitHub's RSA SSH private key was accidentally leaked to the public, as confirmed by the code hosting platform's CEO, Mike Hanley. An engineer from the Israeli company "Commun.it" uses his expertise in ...
PC World

OpenSSH patches information leak that could expose private SSH keys

If you’re connecting to servers over the secure shell (SSH) protocol using an OpenSSH client, you should update it immediately. The latest version patches a flaw that could allow rogue or compromised ...
Ars Technica

In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to complete compromise when naturally ...