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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Microsoft has open-sourced CodeQL queries that developers can use to scan source code for malicious implants matching the SolarWinds supply-chain attack.

GitHub code scanning enables receiving actionable security alerts in pull requests, which are shown as a review on the PR Conversation tab. Swift support extends the set of programming languages ...

CodeQL allows developers to create an abstract description of a security problem and then scan their software projects for code that fits the description.

GitHub has unveiled the new "default setup" option to enable automated scanning of vulnerabilities in code within repositories, BleepingComputer reports. While default setup only currently ...

CodeQL was developed several years ago by Semmle, which was acquired by GitHub in September. Prior to making CodeQL available for free for open source code, Semmle provided it as a commercially ...