sec: add a security-audit workflow in CI

This CL introduces:
- adds a security audit check in CI workflow aiming to check any security issues in packages.
- updates packages versions

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ on:
     branches-ignore: [ main, dev ]
 
 jobs:
+  security_audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions-rs/audit-check@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: