software development

Despite investing in DevOps tools and practices, teams still encounter customer-impacting errors

June 5, 2020

An overwhelming majority of organizations prioritize software quality over speed, yet still experience customer-impacting issues regularly, according to OverOps. The report, …

How secure are open source libraries?

May 21, 2020

Seven in 10 applications have a security flaw in an open source library, highlighting how use of open source can introduce flaws, increase risk, and add to security debt, a …

With increased DevOps adoption, roles in software development teams are changing

May 20, 2020

Roles across software development teams have changed as more teams adopt DevOps, according to GitLab. The survey of over 3,650 respondents from 21 countries worldwide found …

New software enables existing sensors to detect ransomware

May 15, 2020

Engineers from SMU’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cybersecurity have developed software to detect ransomware attacks before attackers can inflict catastrophic damage. …

GitHub Code Scanning aims to prevent vulnerabilities in open source software

May 8, 2020

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). …

Best practices and challenges in adopting continuous software testing

April 2, 2020

Businesses must accelerate the shift to comprehensive continuous software testing in order to remain competitive, according to a report released by Capgemini and Broadcom. The …

Researchers develop data exchange approach with blockchain-based security features

March 10, 2020

An IT startup has developed a novel blockchain-based approach for secure linking of databases, called ChainifyDB. “Our software resembles keyhole surgery. With a barely …

What is driving the machine identity crisis?

February 27, 2020

Every machine needs a unique identity in order to authenticate itself and communicate securely with other machines. This requirement is radically changing the definition of …

Developers worry about security, still half of teams lack an expert

November 25, 2019

While nearly 75% of developers worry about the security of their applications and 85% rank security as very important in the coding and development process, nearly half of …

Create secure IoT products: Enable security by design

November 22, 2019

Good practices for IoT security, with a particular focus on software development guidelines for secure IoT products and services throughout their lifetime have been introduced …

50% of apps will not be migrated to the cloud

November 5, 2019

66% of businesses face difficulty in integrating and managing apps across third-party environments, while IT leaders also claim that over the next three years 50% of …

Critical command execution vulnerability in iTerm2 patched, upgrade ASAP!

October 10, 2019

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-9535) in iTerm2, a macOS terminal emulator frequently used by developers and system administrators, could allow attackers to take control of …