Tag: Cybersecurity
AWS Benchmark Aims to Reduce Number of False Positives Found by AI Vulnerability Scanners
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has developed a benchmark that can be used to test whether a model can distinguish real vulnerabilities from code that looks risky but is actually safe. The Deception ...
IT Outsourcing Versus In-House Development
Sambhav Aggarwal | | AI-assisted development, cloud infrastructure, Cybersecurity, developer productivity, devops, DevOps outsourcing, digital transformation, engineering costs, engineering strategy, engineering teams, global talent, hybrid teams, in-house development, IT outsourcing, product development, QA outsourcing, scalable development, software delivery, software development, software engineering, software outsourcing, software partners, technical talent, time to marketThe debate isn't new — but the stakes are. In 2026, the gap between companies that get this decision right and those that don't is measured in product cycles, burn rate, and ...
More JFrog Artifactory Bugs Are Under Attack, and All Three Have Patches
Tom Smith | | administrative tokens, artifact repositories, authentication bypass, build pipeline security, CI/CD security, CVE-2026-42016, CVE-2026-42018, CVE-2026-82329, Cybersecurity, devsecops, Groovy plugins, JFrog Artifactory, patch management, privilege escalation, Repository Security, Rust backdoors, Software Supply Chain, vulnerability management, web shellsAttackers are actively exploiting three JFrog Artifactory flaws, exposing how slow patching can turn artifact repositories into software supply chain attack paths ...
GitLab’s Critical Patch Closes a Path Traversal Flaw Attackers Are Already Probing
Tom Smith | | access control, API security, CI/CD security, credential theft, CVE-2026-85706, CVE-2026-87719, CVSS 10.0, Cybersecurity, devops security, devsecops, gitlab, GitLab Duo, GitLab security, GraphQL security, patch management, Repository Security, self-managed GitLab, Software Supply Chain, vulnerability managementGitLab patches two critical flaws, including a CVSS 10.0 unauthenticated file-read vulnerability, putting self-managed instances under urgent pressure to upgrade ...
Common Risks of Outsourcing Software Development, and How to Tackle Them
Roman Davydov | | Cybersecurity, devsecops, project management, software development, software development outsourcing, Third-Party RiskBoth SMBs and large enterprises often choose software development outsourcing over developing software in-house. It is no surprise, as partnering with external developers enables companies to bridge IT talent gaps that cannot ...
GitHub Takes Down 73 Microsoft Repos After Miasma Worm Attack
Tom Smith | | AI coding tools, credential harvesting, Cybersecurity, developer environment, GitHub breach, IDE vulnerabilities, Miasma worm, Microsoft Azure, Shai-Hulud malware, Software Supply Chain SecurityGitHub pulled 73 Microsoft repositories offline after the self-replicating Miasma worm weaponized IDEs and AI coding tools to harvest developer credentials ...
OpenAI’s Daybreak Challenges Anthropic in AI Cybersecurity Race
OpenAI has moved deeper into enterprise cybersecurity with the launch of Daybreak, a platform that identifies software vulnerabilities, validates fixes, and speeds up patching workflows using AI models and its Codex Security ...
Cyber Threats to DevOps Platforms Rising Fast, GitProtect Report Finds
Jeff Burt | | Azure DevOps, CI/CD, code repositories, Cybersecurity, DevOps platform downtime, devops security, extortion, GitHub security, GitProtect.io DevOps Threats report, GPUGate, JIRA, Kaspersky Lab, NPM security, Ransomware, Shai-HuludThe number of incidents targeting DevOps platforms grew 21% in 2025, but the amount of downtime jumped almost 95%, the security firm said ...
Latest Typosquatting Attack Targeting VS Code Tools Hits Windsurf IDE
Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender, a provider of an endpoint detection and response (EDR) platform, have discovered an extension to the Windsurf integrated development environment (IDE) that steals credentials and data after code ...
OpenAI Bolsters AI Coding with Acquisition of Python Toolmaker Astral
Jon Swartz | | Anthropic, Astral, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cybersecurity, google, health care, I/O, Jony Ive, open-source developer tools, OpenAI, Promptfoo, Python, Sam Altman, software engineers, TorchOpenAI announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Astral, the startup behind some of Python community’s most popular open-source developer tools. The acquisition marks further escalation in the rapidly ...
Tool Fragmentation is Breaking Delivery Context — Here’s What Teams are Learning
Arul Watson | | access control, application security, automation, CI/CD pipelines, Cloud Security, credential exposure, Cybersecurity, devsecops, incident response, risk management, secrets management, security best practices, supply chain security, token managementExplore the emerging crisis in application delivery caused by tool fragmentation in modern software development. This article discusses the need for semantic interoperability, context preservation, and a shift from linear pipelines to ...
Secrets Management Failures in CI/CD Pipelines
Johnbosco Ejiofor | | access control, application security, automation, CI/CD pipelines, Cloud Security, credential exposure, Cybersecurity, devsecops, incident response, risk management, secrets management, security best practices, supply chain security, token managementExplore the critical role of secrets management in CI/CD pipelines and its impact on cybersecurity. This article highlights the risks of credential exposure, the importance of implementing strong security practices, and how ...
