The rapid rise of artificial intelligence, more specifically, generative AI systems such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has simultaneously spurred intense development and concern over the past year. On the 30th of October, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that urges new federal standards for AI development, safety, security, and trustworthiness that also address many other facets of AI risk.
The software supply chain today runs differently than it did just five years ago. The number of available tools, languages, and packages used have exploded. Further, the growing mix of OSS packages puts organizations at risk of outdated software, untracked dependencies, and non-compliant licenses. To add to the chaos, teams are now increasingly distributed and greater in number. All of this dramatically increases the number of inputs within the software supply chain.
With the proliferation of CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), we have witnessed a remarkable surge in associated risks over the past five years. 2022 was a record-breaking year with 25,096 new CVEs found, the most discovered CVEs ever. Unfortunately, 2023 is on track to beat that record.
At JFrog, we talk about being universal and too integrated to fail. In addition to more than 30 technologies and package types supported natively, this also means supporting our customers in their hybrid and cloud infrastructure. One such key integration capability for customers leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) is AWS PrivateLink.
Securing your software supply chain is crucial for ensuring the integrity and security of the software you develop and deliver. Here are the top 8 security best practices for a secure software supply chain.
The JFrog Security research team constantly monitors open-source projects to find new vulnerabilities or malicious packages and share them with the wider community to help improve their overall security posture. As part of this effort, the team recently discovered a new security vulnerability in plexus-archiver, an archive creation and extraction package.
In today’s interconnected world, secrets are the keys to unlocking sensitive data and systems. Like hidden gems for attackers, any inadvertent exposure of these secrets could lead to data breaches, unauthorized access, and security compromises. As organizations adopt DevOps practices, artifacts containing secrets are often stored and shared across various stages of the software supply chain, amplifying the risk of exposure.
On Wednesday, October 4th 2023, Daniel Stenberg, one of Curl’s core maintainers announced that a forthcoming release of Curl, version 8.4.0, is scheduled to be available on October 11th 2023 at approximately 06:00 UTC. The upcoming release will include fixes for two Curl vulnerabilities that they had discovered. One of these vulnerabilities is rated as having low severity (CVE-2023-38546), whereas the second one is considered high severity (CVE-2023-38545).
Every year, JFrog brings the DevOps community and some of the world’s leading corporations together for the annual swampUP conference, aimed at providing real solutions to developers and development teams in practical ways to prepare us all for what’s coming next.
Today’s software applications power almost every aspect of our lives, and ensuring the security of these applications is paramount. Threat actors can cause devastating consequences for companies, leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and legal repercussions. Companies building commercial or in-house applications must adopt robust security measures throughout their software development lifecycle to avoid releasing vulnerable code.
