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Keeping Dependencies Straight in the Software Supply Chain
The nature of modern software development is that development teams have to rely on "blind trust" for some of the code components written by someone else. A new attack method showed how build systems could be tricked into pulling code from the wrong projects.
Malicious Code Found in Package Repositories
Attackers have increasingly targeted the software supply chain by populating package managers such as RubyGems and npm with malicious code.
IBM Releases Open Source Encryption Toolkit
Protecting data while in use is a challenge. IBM released an open source toolkit to help developers implement fully homomorphic encryption in their applciations.
Most Applications Contain Vulnerable Open Source Libraries
Modern software development relies on open source libraries, even for those applications that are sold commercially and aren’t open source. A pair of reports from Veracode and Synopsys illustrate how these components are introducing vulnerabilities into these applications.
GitHub Expands Scanning to Find Security Flaws in Code
The goal for secure software isn’t to never have vulnerabilities, but to be able to find vulnerabilities as soon as possible so that they can be fixed. GitHub has expanded its code scanning capabilities to make it easier for developers to identify flaws in projects that are managed on its platform.