Tag: cybersecurity
91% of commercial apps found to have outdated or abandoned OSS components – a Synopsys study
Editor’s brief: Open source software (OSS), whether in finished form, or as components to form part of a software or app, are becoming increasingly popular. Modular code is the way…
Check Point’s researchers publish April 2020’s most wanted malware
Editor’s brief: Yet another month passed, and while the world grapples with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that wrecked not just unfortunate deaths, but especially colossal economic depression, business collapses, entire industries…
Tencent’s security response center partners with HackerOne for enhancing its cybersecurity practices
Editor’s brief: Tencent, the folks who gave us Wechat, mainland China’s answer to Facebook and Twitter combined, has a security response center that hones its cybersecurity as it becomes one…
Vulnerabilities in cryptomining, DVR and that xHelper pest
Editor’s brief: Cryptomining malware abound, especially when cheap or “free” money lures some unscrupulous individuals into tapping the CPU resources of some people. Likewise, if you have sideloaded some Android…
Check Point researchers’ Feb 2020 report warns against Mirai and Emotet
Editor’s Brief: Cybersecurity vendor Check Point Software’s research arm publishes a monthly “most wanted malware”, and in Feb 2020, warns against the likes of Mirai botnet, which targets IoT devices…
Synopsys acquires Tinfoil Security
Editor’s Brief: Leading software integrity vendor Synopsys acquires Tinfoil Security, and gains more capabilities in dynamic application security testing (DAST) and application program interface (API) security testing under its belt.…
Check Point Software Announces Integration of CloudGuard with Microsoft Azure Security Centre
SINGAPORE, @mcgallen #microwireinfo, November 5, 2019 – Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally announced a key integration between CloudGuard and Microsoft…
Synopsys Releases BSIMM10 Study Highlighting Impact of DevOps on Software Security
Singapore, @mcgallen #microwireinfo, September 19, 2019 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today released BSIMM10, the latest version of the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM), designed to help organisations plan,…
