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Introducing Snyk AppRisk Essentials

Snyk AppRisk Essentials is Snyk’s first ASPM offering, designed to help AppSec teams boost their Snyk-based developer security program. The solution helps Snyk customers automatically discover the different assets used to build their applications, manage coverage to ensure these assets are being secured properly by Snyk, and better prioritize issues based on the risk they pose to the business.

The challenges of keeping open source up-to-date

Open source software has become an integral part of modern application development, enabling developers to accelerate their projects by leveraging pre-existing libraries and frameworks. Open source offers numerous benefits, yet it's not without its challenges. A significant hurdle is ensuring that dependencies remain up-to-date. In our latest blog post, we delve into the complexities associated with updating open source components.

Three reasons to invest in an ASPM solution in 2024

The pace of software development is astounding! The transition to agile, DevOps, cloud, and the supercharged use of AI is empowering distributed development teams to build software with greater speed and autonomy. In contrast to the remarkable strides in development methodologies, maintaining a robust security posture has become a formidable challenge. AppSec teams are still playing catchup, both outnumbered and out-resourced.

ISO/IEC 27001 compliance guide for CISOs and IT Managers

Building trust with customers often starts by demonstrating the right security controls. In the digital age, data security is paramount, and adherence to standards like ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 has become a key differentiator in the competitive market landscape.

Snyk recognized as an Emerging Segment Leader in Application Security in Snowflake's Next Generation of Cybersecurity Applications report

We are thrilled to announce that Snyk has been acknowledged as a key player in the evolving landscape of application security. The recent release of Snowflake's Next Generation of Cybersecurity Applications report has designated Snyk as an Emerging Segment Leader in Application Security, highlighting our commitment to innovation and excellence in the field.

CVE-2023-36553: Critical OS Command Injection Vulnerability in FortiSIEM

On November 14, 2023, FortiGuard published an advisory disclosing that a critical command injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-36553) had been patched in the latest updates for FortiSIEM. The vulnerability was rated with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 9.3, as it can be exploited remotely by an unauthenticated threat actor using crafted API requests to execute unauthorized commands. This vulnerability is caused by improper neutralization of special elements in FortiSIEM report server.

Weekly Cybersecurity Recap December 8

This week’s data breaches contained significant impact figures from around the world. Malware on a vendor’s computer inadvertently breached Japan’s Line Messenger. New York’s East River Medical Imaging suffered the loss of employee and patient record information. The Pan-American Life Insurance Group faces a 105k record data breach through MOVEit.

CrowdStrike Discovers Vulnerability in Flexera's FlexNet Inventory Agent (CVE-2023-29082)

CrowdStrike’s cloud security team discovered a new vulnerability (CVE-2023-29082) in Flexera’s FlexNet Inventory Agent. When exploited, an attacker can escape from a container and gain root access to the host. Exploitation of CVE-2023-29082 can allow an attacker to perform a variety of actions on objectives, including execution of malware and exfiltration of data.