Topic: security
SD Times news digest: XebiaLabs DevOps platform 9.5, Apache Kafka 2.4, and ShiftLeft’s inspect static application security testing tool
XebiaLabs announced the release of its DevOps Platform version 9.5. This release is designed to provide business-level insight into complete software releases. The new release includes a Delivery Patterns feature, which synchronizes the delivery of business applications across technical release pipelines, according to the company. With Delivery Patterns, users can track business applications, synchronize component … continue reading
Npm finds binary planting bug and urges users to update
The JavaScript package manage provider npm has found a security vulnerability that can open access to arbitrary files on a user’s system. According to the company, npm versions prior to 6.13.4 made it possible for a globally-installed package to overwrite an existing binary in the target location. Npm is recommending an to update to npm … continue reading
2019: Lack of cybersecurity skills and best practices strain security
Security has hit a low point this year, as 2019 saw the 2nd, 3rd and 7th biggest breaches of all time measured by the number of people that were affected. The largest breach of the year occurred in May when First American Financial Corporation leaked 885 million records of documents related to mortgage deals going … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Solo.io’s WebAssembly Hub, Accenture’s cloud-native solution, and EDB Postgres platform 12
Software company Solo.io launched the WebAssembly Hub to allow users to easily add new functionalities to their service mesh. “At Solo.io, we believe that extending the functionality of your service mesh should be simple and secure,” said Idit Levine, founder and CEO of Solo.io. “This is why we’re excited about integrating Wasm with Envoy Proxy. … continue reading
4 key practices for securing mobile APIs
As mobile APIs become more full-featured and rich, they become more dependent on data, key stores and connectivity profiles that can result in new vectors of attack. This drives the need for better security and best practices to patch up those vulnerabilities. Gartner expects that API abuse will be the number one attack vector for … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Check Point’s new serverless security technology, AppSheet adds Optical Character Recognition capabilities, and Dataiku 6
Check Point announced that it will be integrating serverless security technology into its Infinity architecture, its security solution designed to support networks, mobile, endpoint, IoT and cloud environments. The serverless security technology is provided by Protego and designed to prevent malicious attacks on serverless functions in runtime and prevent vulnerable code from being deployed into … continue reading
Sir Tim Berners-Lee officially launches the Contract for the Web
The Contract for the Web is officially coming to life. The contract was created by web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee as a global plan of action to make the online world safer and accessible by anyone. “The power of the web to transform people’s lives, enrich society and reduce inequality is one of the defining … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Fugue’s free tier for developers, OutSystems announces AI assistant app dev capability, and Mozilla’s bug bounty security program
Fugue announced a free tier for Fugue Developer, which provides automation tools to visualize cloud infrastructure, identify misconfiguration risks, and demonstrate compliance “The cloud upended traditional IT security, forcing hard tradeoffs between agility and security,” said Phillip Merrick, CEO of Fugue. “Fugue Developer puts cloud security in the hands of the software developers building and … continue reading
IBM addresses security in the cloud with Cloud Pak for Security
As organizations start to move to the cloud and adopt multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments, IBM wants to ensure data stays secure. The company today announced Cloud Pak for Security, a new solution that connects security tools, cloud and on-premise systems without having to move data. IBM first introduced Cloud Paks in June as a … continue reading
SD Times new digest: WhiteSource for Containers, Trend Micro’s new cloud security solutions, and Apple and Salesforce’s new products
WhiteSource announced new and expanded support for all of the top five container registries: Docker, Amazon ECR, JFrog Artifactory, Azure Container Registry, and Google Container Registry. This allows enterprises to track vulnerabilities in file systems, installed packages, image layers and handled archive files without having to manually download and scan containers or images, according to … continue reading
GitHub launches new lab to tackle open-source security
GitHub wants to help protect the open-source ecosystem with the announcement of the GitHub Security Lab. The lab is designed to bring together security researchers, maintainers and companies who are dedicated to open-source security. In addition, the company will provide tools, resource bounties ,and hours of security research. “We all share a collective responsibility to … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Brave 1.0, Testim’s new development kit for AI-based testing, and Snyk releases new container security solution
Brave launched its new browser designed to offer users a fast browsing experience, while funding the Web through a new attention-based platform of privacy-preserving advertisements and rewards. Brave’s private ads and payment platform (Brave Rewards) is now available for iPhones and iPads in addition to desktops and Android devices. “Either we all accept the $330 … continue reading
