Abstract: Modern software applications often require sensitive credentials such as API keys, database passwords, and authentication tokens toaccess external services or resources. Storing these credentials directly in the source code, known as hardcoding, poses security risks andmakes maintenance challenging. To address…

Introduction Before GIT Commits, let’s initiate Gitleaks. Gitleaks is an open-source, command-line tool designed to detect sensitive and confidential information that might be exposed in a Git repository. Git is a widely used version control system that allows developers to collaborate…