Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools are crucial for DevSecOps, enabling automated code analysis to identify vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle. They analyze source code without execution, detecting issues like SQL injection, XSS, and buffer overflows. Popular SAST tools used by DevSecOps teams include Mend, Checkmarx, Snyk, Veracode, BlackDuck, SonarQube, and Semgrep. Integrating SAST into CI/CD pipelines ensures continuous security checks as code is developed.

DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the development lifecycle and deliver high-quality software continuously. It emphasizes collaboration, automation, and integration between previously siloed teams. DevOps aims to improve deployment frequency, reduce failure rates, and accelerate recovery times.

AI code review leverages artificial intelligence models and machine learning techniques to analyze and provide feedback on source code, automating and improving the traditional code review process. It is crucial for software development workflows, offering significant advantages to developers and teams. AI code review can scan for bugs, style violations, security vulnerabilities, and other issues.

Most dashboards are like a busy beach with one lifeguard watching the entire shoreline. They keep an eye on everything, but the sheer scope means that critical issues—like risks in AI applications—can get lost in the crowd. Mend.io’s AI Security Dashboard changes that. It’s like a lifeguard tower posted directly at the AI section of the beach, keeping a sharp, dedicated watch on AI specific risks that other tools overlook.

The NPM ecosystem has been rocked by one of its widest supply chain attacks to date, with over 187 popular packages compromised by advanced malware capable of self-propagation and automated credential harvesting. This attack, affecting packages with millions of weekly downloads including angulartics2, ngx-toastr, and @ctrl/tinycolor, demonstrates how cybercriminals are evolving their tactics to create “worm-like” malware that can autonomously spread across the software supply chain.