Tackling software vulnerabilities with smarter developer strategies

In this Help Net Security interview, Karl Mattson, CISO at Endor Labs, discusses strategies for enhancing secure software development. Mattson covers how developers can address vulnerabilities in complex systems, ways organizations can better support s… Continue reading Tackling software vulnerabilities with smarter developer strategies

Detecting vulnerable code in software dependencies is more complex than it seems

In this Help Net Security interview, Henrik Plate, CISSP, security researcher, Endor Labs, discusses the complexities AppSec teams face in identifying vulnerabilities within software dependencies. Plate also discusses the limitations of traditional sof… Continue reading Detecting vulnerable code in software dependencies is more complex than it seems

Trends and dangers in open-source software dependencies

A C-suite perspective on potential vulnerabilities within open-source dependencies or software packages reveals that, while remediation costs for dependency risks are perilously high, function-level reachability analysis still offers the best value in … Continue reading Trends and dangers in open-source software dependencies

Infosec products of the month: August 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from: Adaptive Shield, AppOmni, ArmorCode, Bitwarden, Cequence Security, ClearSale, Clutch Security, Contrast Security, Dragos, Elastic, Endor Labs, Entrust, Fortani… Continue reading Infosec products of the month: August 2024

New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from: Rapid7, AppOmni, Contrast Security, Elastic, Cequence Security, Veza, ArmorCode, and EndorLabs. Rapid7 releases Command Platform, unified attack defense and res… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: August 9, 2024

Endor Labs launches Upgrade Impact Analysis and Magic Patches for SCA market

Endor Labs unveiled two capabilities, Upgrade Impact Analysis and Endor Magic Patches, that fix an expensive and time-consuming problem in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) market. Software version upgrades are often required to fix critical vuln… Continue reading Endor Labs launches Upgrade Impact Analysis and Magic Patches for SCA market

Shadow engineering exposed: Addressing the risks of unauthorized engineering practices

Shadow engineering is present in many organizations, and it can lead to security, compliance, and risk challenges. In this Help Net Security video, Darren Meyer, Staff Research Engineer at Endor Labs, discusses why it causes issues and how it should be… Continue reading Shadow engineering exposed: Addressing the risks of unauthorized engineering practices

New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

The OpenJS Foundation has headed off a “credible takeover attempt” similar to the one that resulted in a backdoor getting included in the open-source XZ Utils package by someone who called themselves “Jia Tan”. This malicious ma… Continue reading New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

Integrating software supply chain security in DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines

NIST released its final guidelines for integrating software supply chain security in DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines (SP 800-204D). In this Help Net Security video, Henrik Plate, Security Researcher at Endor Labs, talks about this report, which provides acti… Continue reading Integrating software supply chain security in DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines

Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl

Details about two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546) in curl, a foundational and widely used open-source software for data transfer via URLs, are to be released on Wednesday, October 11. Daniel Stenberg, the original author and lead devel… Continue reading Be prepared to patch high-severity vulnerability in curl and libcurl