The Cybersecurity Research Center conducted a security analysis of the 10 most popular Android sports and betting apps. With the Super Bowl approaching in the U.S., the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) set out to evaluate the 10 most popular Android sports and betting apps through the lens of supply chain security. We used Black Duck® Binary Analysis (BDBA) to examine the open source components used in these apps.

In today's digital age, smartphones have become integral to our lives. They are our companions day in and day out, holding our personal information, photographs, and financial details. Statista reports that the Google Play Store currently boasts an impressive number of over 2.9 million apps. The figures indicate the growing popularity and success of android application development companies in the market.

Audits are challenging. Especially when it comes to assessing abstract compliance standards against multiple cloud environments, unique cloud infrastructure setups, and many possible (mis)configurations. To help our customers automate compliance assessments, Snyk Cloud now supports 10+ compliance standards— including CIS Benchmarks for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and more.

More and more companies are using more and more open source. The stats I’ve seen say seventy to seventy-five percent of all applications use open source or have some type of open source associated with them. I think that number is actually higher. Of all the companies that I’ve worked for, just about every single application has some type of open source associated with it.

We are happy to announce that ARMO Platform users can now utilize ChatGPT to quickly and easily create custom controls. ARMO is the first Kubernetes security company to offer this kind of integration. Read all about it 👇

In recent years, the world of artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a significant increase in the use of language models. ChatGPT, a language generation model developed by OpenAI, has been making waves in the news with its ability to process large amounts of data, which can be used to train machine learning models and to test them. One feature that’s grabbed headlines is its ability to write code and provide feedback on the accuracy and efficiency of code.

NITDA launched the ground-breaking Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in early 2019, cementing a culture of data privacy and protection for all Nigerians. By mirroring Europe's GDPR Framework, NITDA demonstrated its commitment to safeguarding citizens' online security. Private organizations, such as mobile development companies that control or process data, must comply with this regulation to stay operational. Fortunately, we're here to help you avoid any costly missteps.

According to a recent study, machine identities (IDs) are growing at twice the rate of human identities. To defend these machine identities in the IoT, privilege access management will be one of the most important areas of focus for businesses in the Internet of Things (IoT) space in 2023. As more and more devices are connected to the internet and can share data, it’s becoming increasingly important to make sure that only authorized users have access to sensitive information.

We examine the Log4Shell disclosure through the lens of the Black Duck Knowledge Base to understand how organizations respond to high-profile vulnerabilities.