SCA tools are an essential part of your AppSec toolkit, because free and open source software—just like free puppies—comes with hidden costs and risks.
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Hacking Security is a monthly podcast on emerging trends in application security. Episode 3 explores key findings from the 2018 OSSRA report.
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In the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, we test all our products against one another—turning our security into a force multiplier for our customers’ security.
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The EventStream incident shows just how easily attackers can infiltrate the open source software supply chain by adding a malicious dependency to a trusted component.
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Our researchers discovered 23 more versions of Struts vulnerable to CVE-2018-11776. The NVD won’t tell you that—but Black Duck Security Advisories will.
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The prevalence of open source is a potential M&A risk, as buyers are often not aware that more than 50% of the code they acquire is made up of open source.
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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.
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Interactive application security testing (IAST) and software composition analysis (SCA) are both powerful technologies for your software security program.
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CVE-2018-11776, a newly disclosed critical remote code execution vulnerability, affects all supported versions of Apache Struts 2 web application framework.
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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.
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