OWASP Top 10: Broken access control
Listed as #1 on the OWASP Top 10 list, broken access control is when an attacker can gain unauthorized access to restricted information or systems. Access control ensures that people can only gain access to things they’re supposed to have access to. When access control is broken, an attacker can obtain unauthorized access to information …
The top cyber security stories of 2022
A look in the rearview can tell you a lot about the future, so we revisited the top cyber security stories of 2022 with experts in the field. Yes, ‘tis the season when cyber security experts gaze into the crystal ball to tell us what to expect in the coming year, which is fine, but …
Why supply chain risk management is a top priority
If you’re selling to the federal government, you need to take a closer look at your supply chain risk management process. The software supply chain is, as most of us know by now, both a blessing and a curse. It’s an amazing, labyrinthine, complex (some would call it messy) network of components that, when it …
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Tech tales: Achieving PCI compliance with application security testing
In our new tech tales series, we discuss how Synopsys customers use our products and services to uncover security risks in their organization. Synopsys customers span every industry—from small to large enterprises across financial services, automotive, public sector, medical and healthcare, and much more. One thing they all have in common is building trust into their software. Synopsys offers integrated …
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2022 OSSRA discovers 88% of organizations still behind in keeping open source updated
Open source is everywhere, as is the need to properly manage it. Get the latest open source trends from the 2022 OSSRA report. It’s the time of the year when Spring is springing, and we release the annual Synopsys Open Source Security and Risk (OSSRA) report, with the 7th edition of OSSRA out this week. This year’s …
How Lattix handled the Log4j security vulnerability
“The log4j vulnerability is the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career”, Jen Easterly US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Log4j is a Java-based logging utility part of the Apache logging services. This is a popular logging tool used in tens of thousands of software packages. Google estimates that 8% of Maven Central Repository was …
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