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Product showcase: ImmuniWeb Discovery – attack surface management with dark web monitoring
Organizations around the globe struggle to identify their IT assets hosted in a multicloud environment, on premise or managed by numerous third parties. The lack of visibility …
Secure portable operating system Tails 5.5 released
Tails, based on Debian GNU/Linux, is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship, and version 5.5 is now available for download. When …
Product showcase: Scribe platform’s end-to-end software supply chain security
As software supply chain security becomes more and more crucial, security, DevSecOps, and DevOps teams are more challenged than ever to build transparent trust in the software …
CISA releases RedEye open-source analytic tool
CISA has released RedEye, an interactive open-source analytic tool to visualize and report Red Team command and control activities. RedEye, available on GitHub, allows an …
New security concerns for the open-source software supply chain
Open-source software is a critical element of the software supply chain in companies of all sizes, but there are new security concerns for the open-source software supply …
An introduction to Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a specialized Linux distribution developed by Offensive Security, designed for experienced Linux users who need a customized platform for penetration testing. …
Critical vm2 sandbox escape flaw uncovered, patch ASAP! (CVE-2022-36067)
Oxeye researchers discovered a severe vm2 vulnerability (CVE-2022-36067) that has received the maximum CVSS score of 10.0. Called SandBreak, this new vulnerability requires …
Security and privacy features in macOS Ventura
Apple announced additional security and privacy features for its newest operating system – macOS Ventura. In this Help Net Security video, you’ll learn about new …
When transparency is also obscurity: The conundrum that is open-source security
Open-source software (OSS) has a lot of advocates. After all, why would we continuously try and write code that solves problems that others have already solved? Why not share …
SpyCast: Cross-platform mDNS enumeration tool
SpyCast is a cross-platform mDNS enumeration tool that can work either in active mode by recursively querying services or in passive mode by only listening to multicast …
The holy trifecta for developing a secure API
It’s hard to write good API specifications, and since most API gateways use them as IAC, they should be carefully checked for common mistakes. Writing an API that sticks …
Open source projects under attack, with enterprises as the ultimate targets
Sonatype has found a massive year-over-year increase in cyberattacks aimed at open source projects. According to early data from Sonatype’s 8th annual State of the …