I have blogged before about the pervasiveness of open source in applications today. Synopsys and other organizations have been tracking its growth for years, particularly as it relates to the amount of open source code we find in the applications we scan. Our Black Duck On-Demand Audit team scans thousands of applications every year, mostly […]
Posted in Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Open source is the foundation of most modern applications. However, left untracked, open source can put containerized applications at risk of known vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed and CVE-2017-5638 found in Apache Struts. Tracking open source can be difficult in containerized production environments, which pose new challenges to application security. Organizations need visibility into the open […]
Posted in Containers, Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Two powerful yet relatively new technologies in application security testing are interactive application security testing (IAST) and software composition analysis (SCA). IAST solutions are designed to help organizations identify and manage security risks associated with vulnerabilities discovered in running web applications using dynamic testing (a.k.a. runtime testing) techniques. SCA, a term coined by market analysts, […]
Posted in Agile, CI/CD & DevOps, Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST), Software Composition Analysis
About a week ago, a security researcher disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Apache Struts web application framework that could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on the affected servers. The vulnerability (CVE-2018-11776) affects all supported versions of Struts 2 and was patched by the Apache Software Foundation on Aug. 22. Users of […]
Posted in Data Breach, Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Taylor Armerding, Synopsys Software Integrity Group senior strategist, gives you the scoop on application security and insecurity in this week’s Security Mashup. What’s in this week’s Security Mashup, you ask? Lock the vote (election insecurity), “Spamalot” returns for a second act, and SamSam hits a grand slam as a heavy ransomware hitter. Electoral trust meets […]
Posted in Software Composition Analysis, Weekly Security Mashup
When we released Black Duck 4.4, we announced the creation of our own Black Duck Security Advisories (BDSAs). BDSAs offer a more complete and in-depth view of your vulnerabilities. Since then, many of our customers have reached out with various questions. I’m here to provide a brief overview of some of the differences between standard NVD […]
Posted in Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Open source is everywhere. Researchers have been tracking its growth for years, but because open source is now so pervasive, they are increasingly concerned about the security of applications built on the foundation of open source components. The only way an organization can be sure of the open source in its codebase, other than by […]
Posted in Legal, Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Any tradesperson, specialist, expert, aficionado, or technologist will tell you that the key to a quality outcome is a set of tools specific to the project and oriented to the goal. The realm of software security and secure DevOps is no exception to this truth, and in Black Duck’s version 4.5 release, we further hone […]
Posted in Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
How can you not love customer feedback when it helps you improve your product? At our recent FLIGHT conference, I had the opportunity to speak to a lot of customers, plus detailed discussions with our Customer Advisory Board members. This knowledge helped us build out the latest release of Black Duck with new features that […]
Posted in Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
Before Black Duck began leveraging Docker, customers utilized the App Manager Install Method to deploy it. Black Duck now deploys as a set of containers, so customers need to install Docker to take advantage of updates to the application. By the end of this guide, you’ll have a basic understanding of how to migrate Black Duck to a containerized […]
Posted in Containers, Open Source Security, Software Composition Analysis
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