application security
AI AppSec tools agree on just 5% of security findings
Software vulnerabilities are turning into exploits within hours, and application security teams carry patch backlogs that go back years. Top types of viable application …
Chainloop: Open-source evidence store and policy engine for the software supply chain
Chainloop is an open source evidence store for the software supply chain. A command line tool runs inside a GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or Dagger pipeline, picks up what …
Qodana 2026.2 adds post-quantum crypto checks for JVM code
Qodana 2026.2 shipped with new security inspections, published benchmark results, post-quantum cryptography checks, and coverage reporting that no longer has to be pointed at …
20 open-source cybersecurity tools to keep your team ready for anything
AI is changing how security teams find vulnerabilities, analyze code, test applications, and protect infrastructure. Developers are building tools to secure AI systems …
Nika: Open-source code analysis tool
Many serious security bugs in web applications sit across several files at once. Request data enters through a controller, moves through data objects and service layers, and …
Hundreds of AI-powered iOS apps found exposing credentials
Mobile app developers are packing AI features into everything from writing assistants to productivity tools and lifestyle apps. New research shows that securing access to …
Known vulnerabilities behind most application security incidents
Eight in ten organizations took an application security hit during the past year tied to a vulnerability their team had already cataloged, according to a survey of 902 IT and …
Google slows Android sideloading to trip up scammers
Google’s advanced flow for Android changes how apps from unverified developers are installed, adding steps to reduce scam-driven sideloading. The feature is aimed at …
ENISA advisory examines package manager security risks
Developers install external libraries with a single command, and that step can introduce more code than expected into a project environment. Dependency resolution inside …
AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities
In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO at StackHawk, discusses what defines DAST coverage in 2026 and why scan completion does not equal security. She …
Google cleans house, bans 80,000 developer accounts from the Play Store
Google prevented more than 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play and banned over 80,000 developer accounts that attempted to publish harmful …
How AI agents are turning security inside-out
AppSec teams have spent the last decade hardening externally facing applications, API security, software supply chain risk, CI/CD controls, and cloud-native attack paths. But …
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