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New AI algorithm to detect cryptocurrency miners as they steal power
Computer scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that may be able to identify malicious codes that hijack supercomputers to mine for cryptocurrency …
Security analysis of legacy programming environments reveals critical flaws
New research from Trend Micro highlights design flaws in legacy languages and released new secure coding guidelines. These are designed to help Industry 4.0 developers greatly …
Silq: Programming quantum computers made easy
Programming quantum computers is becoming easier: computer scientists at ETH Zurich have designed the first programming language that can be used to program quantum computers …
Understanding cyber threats to APIs
This is the fourth of a series of articles that introduces and explains API security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in software development, operations, …
Cooking up secure code: A foolproof recipe for open source
The use of open source code in modern software has become nearly ubiquitous. It makes perfect sense: facing ever-increasing pressures to accelerate the rate at which new …
Factors driving API growth in industry
This is third in a series of articles that introduces and explains application programming interfaces (API) security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in …
GitHub Code Scanning aims to prevent vulnerabilities in open source software
GitHub has made available two new security features for open and private repositories: code scanning (as a GitHub-native experience) and secret scanning (both still in beta). …
760+ malicious packages found typosquatting on RubyGems
Researchers have discovered over 760 malicious Ruby packages (aka “gems”) typosquatting on RubyGems, the Ruby community’s gem repository / hosting service. The …
Automate manual security, risk, and compliance processes in software development
The future of business relies on being digital – but all software deployed needs to be secure and protect privacy. Yet, responsible cybersecurity gets in the way of what any …
Security pitfalls to avoid when programming using an API
OWASP’s API Security Project has released the first edition of its top 10 list of API security risks. The most common and perilous API security risks API abuse is an …
Chance that flaws will ever be dealt with diminishes the longer they stick around
More than half of all security findings (56%) are fixed, but a focus on fixing new findings while neglecting aging flaws leads to increasing security debt, according to …
Code dependency mapping’s role in securing enterprise software
Enterprise software is only as good as its security. Today, a data breach costs $3.92 million on average. Organizations are expected to spend $124 billion on security in 2019 …