Docker Container Security: Challenges and Best Practices
Docker is a complicated beast, and there is no simple trick you can use to maintain Docker container security. We offer a set of best practices that should help you.
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Mend Open Source Risk Report
Mend’s new Open Source Risk Report delves into the significant risk posed by the ongoing rise in open source vulnerabilities and software supply chain attacks.
How to Make a Case for Buying SCA
Learn how to build a compelling case for buying a software composition analysis (SCA) tool in your organization.
Why an SBOM is Vital to Application Security and Compliance
Attacks targeting the software supply chain are on the rise. Learn why an SBOM is vital to Application Security and Compliance.
Application Security – The Complete Guide
All about application security - why is the application layer the weakest link, and how to get application security right.
No Festive Break for Security as Attackers Target Almost 300 NPM Packages
Our team detected an attack on npm packages that utilized typosquatting to compromise nearly 300 NPM packages.
What Are The Key Considerations for Vulnerability Prioritization?
While detecting vulnerabilities is important, you also need to know the ones that pose the highest risk to your business. Learn why prioritizing vulnerabilities is vital to effective application security, the key considerations when prioritizing, and what an effective prioritization process looks like.
How to Prepare for the Next Zero-Day Attack
Discover what steps you can take to safeguard your code base, your software, and your applications from zero-day attacks.
Introducing the Mend Open Source Risk Report
Mend’s new Open Source Risk Report delves into the significant risk posed by the ongoing rise in open source vulnerabilities and software supply chain attacks.
The Risks and Benefits of Updating Dependencies
Updating software dependencies is vital to software and application security, but there are challenges. Learn the risks associated with updating dependencies, why they occur, and how you can address them.
The Need for Speed: Accelerated AppSec Scanning in Azure DevOps Repos
Until recently, application security testing was cumbersome and time-consuming. Now, enterprises using Azure DevOps Repos can add automated application security testing directly to the repo. This DevSecOps approach combines convenience for developers along with features that security professionals want such as centralized deployment, management and policy enforcement. If your organization uses Azure DevOps, attend this...
In Modern AppSec, DevSecOps Demands Cultural Change
Building a modern application security program requires a robust DevSecOps environment built on collaboration. For many companies, that means shifting away from IT silos towards a shared-responsibility mindset regarding security across the organization.
Risks Faced by Cloud-Native Apps and How to Assess Them
Cloud-native applications are at particular risk from vulnerabilities in their code. Discover why and how you should assess these risks in order to reinforce your security.
A Busy Weekend for npm Attacks, Including ‘cors’ Typosquatting
Over the past three days, the Mend research team identified two separate attacks that published malicious packages to npm: reverse remote shell as part of typosquatting attack on the popular ‘cors’ package, and an ATO attack on the “Just Eat” organization.
DevSecOps Roundtable Discussion
Attacks on software supply chains have greatly accelerated the rate at which organizations are now embracing DevSecOps best practices to secure both legacy monolithic and emerging cloud-native applications. Adopting a DevSecOps approach can help maintain the speed of application development and deployment while ensuring the security and stability of applications. But the range of technologies...
Shift-Left Testing and Its Benefits
Learn what shift left testing means, how it can save you time and costs, and why you need to shift left your open source components’ management.
Announcing Mend SCA for Bitbucket Cloud Integration
Mend’s new integration with Bitbucket Cloud brings smart, automated risk reduction to DevOps teams with ultra-fast rollouts and 100 percent adoption rates.
Modern Application Security Needs More Than Tech. Don’t Neglect Governance
Learn why teams that pay attention to governance by using a CSIRP are more successful at combating the continued growth of cyberattacks.
Building a Modern AppSec Program: AWS-Mend Fireside Chat
Discover what a good AppSec program should look like and the best practices to implement it, according to Ori Bach, EVP of Product at Mend, and Harry Mower, Director, AWS CodeSuite.
Why Your DevOps Platform Needs a Security Partner to Safeguard Your Software
Discover why your DevOps platform should be complemented with a security solution, learn how to achieve this, and find out how Mend’s partnership with CloudBees delivers security that safeguards your code, software, and applications.
DevSecOps: A Comprehensive Guide to Securely Managing Your DevOps Workflow
Get to know all about DevSecOps and the main tools and practices that organizations should adopt in order to implement a DevSecOps pipeline.
Modern AppSec Programs Run on Automation
Learn why automation is a critical element of modern application security programs.
Top Three User Priorities for Software Composition Analysis
On the PeerSpot technology review site, reviews from Mend SCA users highlighted the three top priorities that SCA users generally want: ease of use, risk mitigation, and a strong feature set and integration capabilities.
Advisory: New OpenSSL Critical Security Vulnerability
What we know about the new OpenSSL critical security vulnerability.
Software Security Challenges & Opportunities in Banking
The banking industry lives and dies by being fast, accurate, and completely dependable. It’s critical that you can detect, identify, and remediate software vulnerabilities as fast as possible, to reinforce application security most effectively. This is particularly vital with open source software that is increasingly prevalent in your sector, where its use continues to grow...
It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month–So Let’s Talk Automation and Home Security
For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we take a closer look at using automation to improve AppSec, as well as how to safeguard the devices you use at home.
Modern AppSec Moves Beyond Shift Left to Shift Smart
To adopt the second principle of modern application security programs, IT teams must move beyond shift left to and learn how to shift smart.
Meticulous Prep and Planning–A Linchpin of Modern AppSec Programs
Explaining the first principle of modern application security programs: meticulous prep and planning.
To use rest_client, or to use rest-client, that is the question
Mend Research uncovered an unusual attack in RubyGems that exploited a previously existing package with a significant number of downloads to launch a typosquatting attack.
Vulnerability Research: Here’s How it Works at Mend
In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Mend Research Team Lead Daniel Elkabes shares a snapshot of how the Mend research team approaches vulnerability research.
Must-Know Facts About Evil-Colon Attacks
Discover what Evil-Colon attacks are, the kind of damage they can do, and what measures you can take to protect your code from them.
Why Building a Modern AppSec Program is Vital for Digital Business
Learn why building a modern AppSec strategy that can support demanding development cycles while also ensuring application security is increasingly essential.
Six Golden Rules for Software and Application Security
To mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month, this primer helps simplify the complex subject of application security
Are You CODEfident?
We’ve been watching the global transition to an app-driven world for some time now, as companies develop and deploy innovative software at warp speed. And we’ve also watched application security teams struggle to keep up. Many try to use yesterday’s tools for today’s AppSec reality, while others wrestle with immature application security programs. And that’s...
Cybercriminals targeted users of packages with a total of 1.5 billion weekly downloads on npm
Another week, another supply chain incident. It’s been only nine days since the Mend research team detected the dYdX incident, and today we have detected another supply chain malicious campaign.
Building a Modern Application Security Strategy for an App-Run World
As a foundational element of the online world, applications are a top target for threat actors. However, traditional application security (AppSec) strategies often prove ineffective. To adapt and defend against our constantly evolving threat landscape, organizations need to build a modern AppSec strategy based on today’s digital world. Join Jeffrey Martin, VP of Outbound Product...