Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

On March 10, 2025, X (formerly Twitter) experienced a series of outages due to a large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The platform went down multiple times throughout the day, affecting millions of users globally. Elon Musk later confirmed that X was targeted by a "massive cyberattack", with initial investigations pointing to Ukraine-based IP addresses as the source.

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been a critical framework for protecting cardholder data for the last two decades. It’s also presented a major — and gradually rising — compliance challenge for organizations that handle cardholder data. That challenge is set to ramp up significantly in the coming months, as security standards become even more stringent with PCI DSS 4.0 updates taking full effect in March 2025.

Most countries have some sort of government agency dedicated to protecting digital infrastructure and promoting cybersecurity awareness. In the English-speaking world alone, the UK has the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), the US has the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Canada has the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security; chances are you’re already aware of them.

We’re excited to announce Jit's Customizable SAST Rulesets, a powerful new feature that allows AppSec and DevOps teams to create and manage custom Semgrep rules tailored to their specific security needs. With Jit orchestrating Semgrep scans across the entire codebase and continuously analyzing every code change, teams can now ensure security gaps are identified and addressed before they reach production.

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