Tag: open source security
GitHub and PyPI Bet On Time to Slow Down Software Supply Chain Attacks
Tom Smith | | automated updates, CI/CD security, dependency cooldown, dependency pinning, dependency updates, devops security, GitHub Dependabot, lockfiles, malicious packages, open source security, package poisoning, package registry security, platform engineering, PyPi, Python Package Index, scoped access tokens, Software Supply Chain Security, supply chain attacksGitHub and PyPI are using time as a security control, delaying dependency updates and locking older releases against new file uploads ...
Signed, Attested, and Malicious: The Software Supply Chain Has a Deepfake Problem
Nigel Douglas | | AI coding agents, AntV packages, behavioural analysis, continuous scanning, dependency security, Developer Security, GitHub Actions compromise, malicious packages, Miasma worm, Mini Shai-Hulud, npm malware, OIDC tokens, open source security, package provenance, package quarantine, policy as code, Red Hat npm attack, registry scanning, Shai-Hulud worm, SLSA provenance, software attestation, Software Supply Chain Security, TanStack compromise, trusted pipeline attacksA developer pulls a package from a reliable repo. It is signed, has provenance, and has been scanned. And then…it contains malware. That is no longer hypothetical. When the Miasma worm tore ...
Why Developer Workstations Have Become a Critical Part of the Software Supply Chain
Samuel Ogbonna | | CI/CD security, Developer Security, Developer Workstations, devsecops, open source security, Software Supply ChainFor years, software supply-chain security discussions focused on centralized infrastructure such as build servers, package registries, and CI/CD systems. Recent attacks suggest that this view is incomplete. The Megalodon campaign injected malicious ...
How Open Source Dependency and Repo Attacks Compromise DevOps Pipelines and How to Stay Safe
Alex Vakulov | | CVE, Dependency Governance, log4j, Malicious Code Injection, open source security, Package Managers, SBoM, secure development, supply chain risk, typosquattingModern applications rely on open source components for up to 90% of their code, creating a vast attack surface dominated by inhemalicious supply chain injections. High-profile incidents like Log4j and the sabotage ...
Software Supply Chain Threats Are on the OWASP Top Ten—Yet Nothing Will Change Unless We Do
Joseph M. Saunders | | open source security, OWASP Top 10, SBoM, Software Supply Chain Security, supply chain attacksSoftware supply chain security is steadily moving to the forefront of cybersecurity conversations. In the past, it has been overshadowed by a focus on malware outbreaks, ransomware, endpoint protection, and application vulnerabilities ...
The Silent Technical Debt: Why Manual Remediation Is Costing You More Than You Think
Bob Shaker | | ActiveState report, continuous remediation, cybersecurity efficiency, Dependency Management, developer productivity, devsecops, engineering performance, innovation tax, intelligent remediation, KubeCon 2025, manual remediation, Mean Time to Remediate, mttr, open source security, remediation debt, security automation, software vulnerabilities, technical debt, transitive dependencies, vulnerability managementManual vulnerability remediation drains time, innovation, and security. Learn how intelligent remediation eliminates hidden technical debt and accelerates DevSecOps ...
Establishing Visibility and Governance for Your Software Supply Chain
Parth Patel | | application security, asset visibility, attack surface management, build-time security, Cloud Governance, context-aware security, cybersecurity governance, dependency tracking, eBPF runtime analysis, Kubernetes Gatekeeper, Log4Shell, open source security, provenance attestation, risk reduction, SBoM, SBOM automation, secure software development, SLSA, software bill of materials, software provenance, Software Supply Chain Security, supply chain risk, Third-party Dependencies, VEX, vulnerability management, vulnerability prioritizationAsset visibility and cloud governance start with SBOMs, VEX, and provenance tracking. Learn how to secure your software supply chain ...
How GitHub Plans to Secure npm After Recent Supply Chain Attacks
Tom Smith | | API token deprecation, CI/CD authentication, crates.io security, npm 2FA, npm registry attack, npm token theft, open source security, package registry malware, PyPI trusted publishing, Shai-Hulud worm, Software Supply Chain Security, trusted publishingGitHub strengthens npm security after Shai-Hulud worm attack with mandatory 2FA, granular tokens, and trusted publishing to protect the open source supply chain ...
Lineaje Adds Module to Manage Open Source Software Security Lifecycle
This can help DevSecOps teams identify open source software projects that are not being well maintained ...
Does More Money Improve Open Source Security?
It sounds simple: If you pay developers more money they'll improve the quality and security of their code. The evidence isn't so clear ...
How Devs Can Improve Open Source Security in the Enterprise
Modern applications are dynamic. They’re distributed and they’re often born in the cloud. These applications can be developed on the fly, spun up and scaled quickly to meet evolving user and market ...
Securing Open Source Components in a World of Mixed Committer Motivations
Our world runs on software that contains open source components. This places an increased burden on developers, as the primary consumers and deployers of those components, to use code that is fully ...
