Spotting CI/CD misconfigurations before the bots do: Securing GitHub Actions with Datadog IaC Security
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Spotting CI/CD misconfigurations before the bots do: Securing GitHub Actions with Datadog IaC Security


Summary

The emergence of AI agents like "hackerbot-claw" demonstrates a growing threat to CI/CD pipelines through the automated exploitation of GitHub Actions misconfigurations. Datadog IaC Security addresses this risk by proactively scanning pull requests to identify and block vulnerabilities, such as expression injection and unpinned actions, before they can be merged into the codebase.
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