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A new hope for software security

From package signing to SBOMs to new developer toolchains, the pieces for securing the software supply chain are starting to come together.

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JFrog Curation blocks malicious open source software packages

DevSecOps system validates incoming software packages against JFrog’s security research library to establish a repository of trustworthy components for software developers to use.

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Golang vulnerability checker flags Go vulnerabilities

Govulncheck is a command-line utility that uses the Go vulnerability database to identify known vulnerabilities in Go source code and Go binaries.

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The unhappy reality of cloud security in 2023

Let's talk about how you can stay off the growing list of companies that have been hacked. Spoiler alert: It takes money and commitment.

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Millions of GitHub repositories vulnerable to RepoJacking: Report

AquaSec analyzed a sample of 1% of GitHub repositories and found that about 37,000 of them are vulnerable to RepoJacking, including the repositories of companies such as Google and Lyft.

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GitLab Dedicated offers single-tenant, SaaS-based devsecops

Service hosted and managed by GitLab is geared to users with strict compliance requirements such as isolation, data residency, and private networking.

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Malicious hackers are weaponizing generative AI

The powerful capabilities of ChatGPT are being used against enterprise systems. Malicious packages and AI hallucinations are a few of the growing threats.

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7 key features for Kubernetes and container security

Uptycs combines threat detection for Kubernetes and container runtimes, along with automated registry scanning and Kubernetes hardening checks. Here are the highlights.

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Frontegg launches entitlements engine to streamline access authorization

Frontegg’s new entitlement engine will be powered by context-aware logic controls (CALC) technology to effect context-based, fine-grained authorization controls.

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Disaster recovery in the cloud

Underestimate the complexity and cost of cloud computing backup and recovery and you risk missing data and lost customers. Here’s what to do.

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AppMap: A map to reduce developer toil

Open-source AppMap brings runtime code analysis into the developer’s code editor, providing the feedback needed to address performance and security issues during development and reduce code rework.

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How to reduce your devops tool sprawl

After a decade of software development and operations teams embracing every ‘right tool for the job,’ it’s time to start tool consolidation efforts. Here’s where to start.

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Don't overlook attack surface management

As cloud computing becomes a scarier place given the rise in threats, it’s time to focus on the basics of ASM that safeguard cloud applications and data.

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Sigstore: Roots of trust for software artifacts

Sigstore has become the default software signing method for everything from Kubernetes to NPM, Maven, and PyPi, verifying the integrity of more than a million open source packages.

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A practical guide to React Native authentication

Using React Native authentication to verify user identities is a relatively painless and straightforward process that not only protects your company’s data and your user’s privacy, but also improves the user experience.

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Designing user management for machine-to-machine interactions

Machines are users, too, and you will have to treat them like users to ensure that the services they use are available, fast, scalable, and secure. Here’s how.

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Google launches dependency API and curated package repository with security metadata

With the two new services, Google aims to help minimize risk from malicious code in the software supply chain.

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OpenAI starts bug bounty program with cash rewards up to $20,000

Based on the severity and impact of the reported vulnerability, OpenAI will hand out cash rewards ranging from $200 for low-severity findings to up to $20,000 for exceptional discoveries.

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