Microsoft has open-sourced CodeQL queries that developers can use to scan source code for malicious implants matching the SolarWinds supply-chain attack. In December, it was disclosed that threat ...

One year after acquiring software security scanning specialist Semmle, and following a successful five-month beta process, GitHub is making its CodeQL code scanning capabilities available publicly ...

Image: GitHub Here, developers will be prompted to enable the CodeQL queries they want GitHub to use to scan their source code. To get users started on using Code Scanning, Gitub said its security ...

GitHub’s code scanning is powered by its CodeQL engine, and while it supports a wide variety of compilers, so far the feature is only available for Python, JavaScript, and Ruby.

Having both Kotlin and Swift support is crucial for CodeQL, the engine that powers GitHub code scanning, due to the growing popularity and adoption of these programming languages.

The tool is powered by CodeQL ---an open-source semantic code analyzer. The scanner can work in real-time as code is entered, so flaws never get to the software's final production version.

CodeQL, a semantic code analysis engine and query tool for finding security vulnerabilities across a codebase, has been made available for free by GitHub for anyone to use in research or to ...

Developers have access to 2,000 pre-packaged CodeQL scan templates. Bugs that are detected in a project are displayed inside the GitHub interface so developers can see if their code is susceptible ...