In the pursuit of advancing security and transparency in the digital asset industry, Fireblocks has published our MPC-CMP code as open source under a limited license, along with the rest of our MPC library. As the demand for digital asset custody, tokenization, and Web3 among retail and financial institutions continues to rise, Fireblocks MPC-CMP has proven to be the most secure and reliable key management protocol.
Attacks that leverage vulnerabilities in open source software are on the rise. How security teams respond to these incidents is key to what impact they will ultimately have. Oftentimes the attacks stemming from open source vulnerabilities are unpredictable, making them a big challenge for teams.
One of the biggest threats to software supply chain security is open source software applications and components. Many enterprises and small businesses have come to rely on open source solutions, and they are an important part of IT strategies today. But vulnerabilities in open source software present a risk because they can provide cyber criminals with a way to carry out attacks.
We are excited to announce the inaugural edition of the Mend.io Open-Source Reliability Leaderboard! Powered by data from Renovate, the wildly popular open-source dependency management tool, the Leaderboard presents the top packages in terms of reliability across three of the most widely used languages.
Malicious npm packages and their dangers have been a frequent topic of discussion — whether it’s hundreds of command-and-control Cobalt Strike malware packages, typosquatting, or general malware published to the npm registry (including PyPI and others). To help developers and maintainers defend against these security risks, Snyk published a guide to npm security best practices.