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Top 10 open source software risks for 2023
While open source software is the bedrock of modern software development, it is also the weakest link in the software supply chain, according to a report by Endor Labs.
The CSO guide to top security conferences
Tracking postponements, cancellations, and conferences gone virtual — CSO Online’s calendar of upcoming security conferences makes it easy to find the events that matter the most to you.
At least one open source vulnerability found in 84% of code bases: Report
Almost all applications contain at least some open source code, and 48% of all code bases examined by Synopsys researchers contained high-risk vulnerabilities.
Privacera connects to Dremio’s data lakehouse to aid data governance
The integration of open-source based Privacera into Dremio’s data lakehouse is designed to allow joint customer enterprises to manage and organize secure data access.
Wallarm touts API leak protection with new scanning feature
API protection vendor Wallarm now features scanning and automated remediation for API compromises.
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Financial services increasingly targeted for API-based cyberattacks
API-based attacks are sharply on the rise, as cybercriminals take aim at the financial services industry, according to a new report from Akamai.
GitHub releases new SDLC security features including private vulnerability reporting
GitHub also announces CodeQL support for Ruby programming language and coverage/risk overviews to help users secure the software development lifecycle.
Rezilion expands SBOM to support Windows environments
Organizations can now apply Rezilion’s SBOM to Windows environments to manage software vulnerabilities and meet regulatory standards.
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Azul detects Java vulnerabilities in production apps
Azul Vulnerability Detection promises to eliminate false positives without impacting performance, by drawing on monitoring and detection capabilities inside the Azul JVM.
The OSPO – the front line for secure open-source software supply chain governance
An open-source program office (OSPO) can act as both gatekeeper and evangelist in an organization’s struggle to ensure ubiquitous open-source components – incredibly useful but vulnerable to bad actors and misuse – are deployed safely...
Supply chain attacks increased over 600% this year and companies are falling behind
Most companies believe they are using no open-source software libraries with known vulnerabilities, but new research finds them in 68% of selected enterprise applications.
Endor Labs offers dependency management platform for open source software
Startup Endor Labs comes out of stealth with an end-to-end platform to help CSOs understand and catalogue everything developers are using from the internet.
Enterprises embrace devsecops practices against supply chain attacks
Healthy developer-team culture and adherence to devsecops best practices to protect against supply chain attacks are surprisingly commonplace in today’s security environment, according to a report from Google Cloud's DORA research...
API security—and even visibility—isn’t getting handled by enterprises
A new survey highlights the widespread nature of API security incidents and the lack of full inventories of potentially dangerous APIs.
U.S. government issues guidance for developers to secure the software supply chain: Key takeaways
The U.S. NSA, CISA and ODNI created the Securing the Software Supply Chain guide to focus on the software development lifecycle.
8 notable open-source security initiatives of 2022
Vendors, collectives and governments are contributing to improve the security of open-source code, software, and development amid organizations’ increasing use of open-source resources.
The Heartbleed bug: How a flaw in OpenSSL caused a security crisis
Heartbleed is a vulnerability in OpenSSL that came to light in April of 2014; it can be traced to a single line of code.
