Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

We’re using more code, software components, and dependencies than ever before, making security breaches an ever-growing threat. It’s easy for developers and DevOps teams to neglect dependency updates when faced with such high volume, but doing so allows applications to fall behind the latest versions if not properly managed. This typically leaves applications using outdated dependencies, which exposes them to ever-increasing security debt and risk.

There is an entertaining commercial running on television that features the “Holdover” family. This family is happily “set in their ways” and unwilling to change with the times. They still embrace wood paneling, TV antennas, newspapers, magazines, VHS tapes, corded landline rotary phones, and the like while being averse to any changes that might make their life better.

The 5S strategy has long been considered a reliable approach to workplace organization. Originated and developed as a strategy to facilitate just-in-time manufacturing in post-war Japan, 5S is widely used today to improve efficiency and overall productivity across many industries. Companies known for their precision, discipline, and attention to detail, such as Toyota, have extensively implemented the 5S methodology to promote clutter-free, organized, and regulated work environments.

Phishing attacks are on the rise in Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports. “The latest figures reveal phishing is a practice that is only becoming more and more widespread,” the ABC says.“Phishing was the most reported scam to Scamwatch in 2022, with the government website recording 74,573 complaints — a 4.6 per cent increase on the previous year.

DEF CON 31 was a unique experience. Read highlights from GitGuardian's time in Las Vegas, AppSec Village, the Hunt the Hacker CTF, insightful talks, and hacker fun.

Today, cyberattacks pose the most significant threat to an organization’s data. The Spring 2023 Rubrik Zero Labs report, based on research from over 1,600 IT and Security professionals, revealed that 99% of IT and security leaders were informed of at least one attack in their own environment in 2022.