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Your crypto exchange may be less secure than your email account
Cryptocurrency exchanges and apps aren’t just among the most valuable targets for hackers, they also remain among the most vulnerable. That’s the warning Chris Wysopal, chief technology officer at the security-tools firm Veracode, offered during a talk at the Collision conference here on May 1. It’s something that should be at the top of concerns for people looking to trade or invest in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, which are generated through increasingly complex mathematical “mining” and allow pseudonymous transactions online and across international borders — and have increased in value wildly, even after recent plunges.
The good, the bad & the ugly of using open source code components
Using these risky snippets of code has become standard for developers, but what do they actually think about them?
Software development: only 52% of open source components receive security updates
An investigation carried out by CA Veracode, a leading company in the security market and acquired by CA Technologies, clarifies the differences between the security and hygiene of open source components. According to the survey, almost half of programmers (48%) do not update developed solutions that use open source or commercial components, even when the market discloses a new security vulnerability. This and other data highlight the lack of awareness of security organizations, placing them at risk.
Tips for secure development with open source components
Open source components are often part of other software in the company. This can cause security problems. The following best practices provide more security.
Windows NTFS flaw posted after disclosure gets nowhere
Proof-of-concept code showing how an NTFS flaw can shut down Windows systems was published by a security researcher nine months after he disclosed it to Microsoft.
SC Video: CA Veracode's Chris Eng talks on the cyber risks of using open-source software
Using open-source software is now the norm for most development teams, but with this usage comes several associated security risks. Chris Eng, VP of research for CA Veracode, chatted with SC Media's Online Editor Doug Olenick on the security issues surrounding the use of open-source software and what can be done to ensure that the code being used has been vetted and is safe.
How a DevSecOps process gives security a voice
Security teams have worked quietly in the background of software quality projects for years. The DevSecOps process puts the long-lost co-worker, security, front and center.
4 Signs that Demand for DevSecOps Skills Is Growing
DevSecOps isn’t yet as widely known or practiced as DevOps, but that could be changing. 2018 has been a wake-up call for enterprises that haven’t deeply integrated security practices throughout their IT organizations. In just a few short months, news has broken about major attacks and/or breaches at Sears and Delta Air, oil and gas pipelines, Panera Bread, Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor, European financial institutions, MyFitnessPal, at least 1,000 Magento-based ecommerce sites, Orbitz, FedEx, Boeing, the city of Baltimore, and the city of Atlanta.
Mitigating Open Source Security Vulnerabilities
Organizations are increasingly incorporating open source code elements into their development to accommodate agile development methodologies and swift go-to-market requirements, but not many are addressing the security concerns that follow this decision, says CA Veracode CTO Chris Wysopal.
The Three Great Threats to Modern Civilization
Throughout the history of mankind, civilizations have risen and fallen due to a variety of factors. For the most part, the collapse of a civilization wasn’t sudden, but a gradual decline brought on by multiple causes like changing culture, climate or even the introduction of a new culture (such as when Europeans came to the “new world”).
Developers Failing to Use Secure Open Source Components
Only half of developers using open source components in their software update them to use the most secure version, according to CA Veracode.
Developers aren't patching open-source vulnerabilities
Organisations often unaware of the inherent security risk of using third-party components in their applications.
DevOps and the need for security to shift left
Shift left testing is an increasingly popular approach to testing applications and software, where the testing is generally performed earlier in the development project timeline (hence ‘shifted left’) and is a fundamental aspect of the DevOps approach.
Exclusive: CA Technologies Is Buying a Startup to Bolster App Security
“There is a lot of inherent risk in leveraging open source libraries to assemble software,” said Sam King, general manager for CA Technologies’ Veracode unit, SourceClear’s new home which specializes in application security, in a statement emailed to Fortune. One recent consequence of that risk: last year’s Equifax data breach, which was caused by the big three credit bureau using a vulnerable version of Apache Struts, a popular open source software project.
Open source software security challenges persist
Using open source components saves developers time and companies money. In other words, it's here to stay. Here's a look at what it will take to improve open source security.
Causes of a lack of application security
Web applications for the interaction of companies with their customers or prospects today play a central role in many industries. Often, personal data is used to initiate and process the contract. Often there is a lack of application security. Compulsory tests in the development process of such apps are omitted, although just in Java libraries or other code snippets again and again new gaps of cyber criminals are discovered. After all, 88 percent of Java applications contain at least one component that makes them vulnerable to cyber attacks. This was the result of the State of Software Security Report 2017 ( SoSS Report) by CA VeracodeProvides unique insights into application security status from more than 1,400 customers based on data and software scans.
6 Tricky Obstacles Security Teams Face in GDPR Compliance
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect May 25 and the penalties are stiff for failing to comply. Many are still unsure whether their companies are safely out of harm’s way. The regulation is long and full of terrors, to be sure. However, resistance is futile.
Firefox bug exposes passwords to brute force -- for nine years
A Firefox bug exposing the browser's master password to a simple brute force attack against inadequate SHA-1 hashing is still on the books after nearly nine years.
Human error still poses a significant cloud security risk
Even with the most sophisticated cloud security tools in play, human error -- both from end users and IT teams -- can open up your enterprise to numerous kinds of attacks.
CA Veracode announces evolution of CA Veracode Verified
CA Veracode has announced the expansion of CA Veracode Verified, which provides third-party validation to a company’s software development process. According to the company, 30 percent of security breaches are a result of problems in the application layer, so software purchasers are now wanting more insight into what software they are buying.
Testing the waters: The value of ethical hacking for business
Paul Farrington, Manager: EMEA Solution Architects at CA Veracode, says that, with the 2017 State of Software Security report demonstrating that 77 percent of applications have at least one vulnerability on initial scan, it is not surprising that large organizations, such as Google and Apple, are setting up their own bug bounty programs, which employ or incentivize ethical hackers to find vulnerabilities in their software applications.
CA Veracode Validates Application Security, DevOps Processes
Application security company CA Veracode was acquired last year by CA Technologies and became a business unit within CA. Now, the company has released CA Veracode Verified, a new program that provides third-party validation of a company’s security software and DevOps process.
Use the right DevSecOps tools for more secure development
Making applications safer requires more than just new tools; it also requires a cultural shift. DevSecOps is an effort to shift security left. Here's how to get started.
Cyber and IoT safety and resilience
Increasing the connectivity between physical and digital systems brings with it increased risks. So says Nick Jennings, Imperial College London Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Vice-Provost and the UK Government’s former Chief Scientific Advisor for National Security, in a foreword to a Royal Academy of Engineering report on cyber safety and resilience. He called for work to investigate measures needed to strengthen the safety and resilience of all connected systems, ‘particularly critical infrastructure that society now depends so much on’.
Avoidable errors in application security
The activities of IT security often do not achieve the desired results. That in such cases, good advice is expensive, is a truism. Because often it is relatively simple things that hamper the efficient implementation of a security strategy. Julian Totzek-Hallhuber, Solution Architect at CA Veracode, mentions five avoidable application security bugs.