The NVD currently lacks a CVSS score for this vulnerability, but the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) has issued a corresponding Black Duck® Security Advisory (BDSA), and assigned a CVSS score of 9.1, with links to proof-of-concept exploits. A dangerous, zero day exploit has been identified in log4j, a popular Java logging library. Apache log4j/log4j2 is broadly used within the Java community to implement application logging.

Tim Mackey talks about his journey working in cybersecurity, today’s cyberthreat landscape, and how the industry is evolving.

Broken authentication and local file inclusion leads to information disclosure and remote code execution in the GOautodial API.

BSIMM12 reports increased attention on software security due to recent supply chain disruptions. Get recommendations for managing supply chain risks. As the global pandemic disrupted the way business is conducted, the workforce became more dispersed and moved far from the traditional secure enterprise environments.

Protect your organization from the Trojan Source exploit with fast and trusted vulnerability detection from Rapid Scan Static. As everyone in the industry knows, all software vulnerabilities are not equal—some are trivial, some are irrelevant, and some are severe. Obviously, you should focus your attention on those that are characterized as severe. The recently published Trojan Source (CVE 2021-42574) vulnerability falls into the severe category—meaning you should give it full attention.

A vulnerability was discovered in the named DNS server implementation contained in the development branch builds of BIND 9. This is a story of catastrophe averted. It’s a case study for the value of fuzzing in software development. Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) researchers discovered a denial-of-service vulnerability in development branch builds of BIND 9 by Internet Systems Consortium (ISC).

Need to build a logging and monitoring solution and unsure where to begin? Get started with our logging and monitoring best practices guide. By: Nivedita Murthy, senior security consultant, and Ashutosh Rana, senior security consultant, at Synopsys.

Over seven years later, the Heartbleed vulnerability still offers important lessons in application security. Heartbleed is a serious vulnerability discovered in the openssl open source software component in April 2014. This article is a deep dive on Heartbleed and its broader implications for application security.

If you’ve reached this page, you’re probably familiar with Spring and its basic mechanisms already. From its inception in 2002, Spring has become one of the dominant frameworks to build any kind of web application in Java. Web applications usually are the biggest interface between a company and its users—both internal and external. When security is neglected at the developer level, applications can become very desirable targets to hackers.

The most recent Transaction Advisors M&A Strategy Forum was held (virtually) in September and offered a wealth of information about deal tactics and terms. Transaction Advisors promotes best practices in all facets of M&A. (Full disclosure: Synopsys is a sponsor of the forum; we find the content very relevant to our clients.)