There are many types of security research, from digging into malware to discovering the latest DDoS attack vectors. At Mend, vulnerability research is a primary focus for our research team, but even that area has many different avenues to pursue. For example, we tend to focus on open source vulnerabilities, so it is quite unlikely that you’ll see us doing reverse engineering and trying to understand assembly code.
Rest-client is one of the most popular RubyGems, with a simple DSL that allows sending HTTP requests. Lightweight, versatile, developed by famous Rubyists…with all these attributes, this gem is a very shiny and attractive target for malicious actors. All they need is a good method of attack. An attempt made today tried to leverage typosquatting by adding malicious code to rest_client, but it didn’t quite ace the assignment.
It’s that time of year again: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. At the very least, it serves as an annual reminder to check your security posture, both at work and at home. But I figured that it also might be a good time to take a closer look at more specific topics over the course of the month. I will do my best to stay out of the weeds, but this is important for all of us to be aware of.
Autumn is officially here again in New Jersey, bringing fresh apples, cider, Halloween candy by the ton, and pumpkin spice everything. It’s been more than four months since our May update to CloudCasa, which is a bit longer than usual. But don’t think that we spent the summer lounging on a beach! Our development team has been working as hard as ever, and we have an impressive list of new CloudCasa features to announce.
In a new article for HelpNet Security, Leon Juranic, security research team lead at Mend, states the case for taking proactive defensive steps against a new attack called Evil-Colon. Evil-Colon works similarly to the now defunct Poison-NULL-Byte attacks, and it has the potential to cause severe disruption to your code if not properly addressed. What does all this mean? In a nutshell, it’s possible to exploit applications that are performing path-based operations with user input in various ways.
Scanning a container image for vulnerabilities or misconfigurations on your GitLab CI/CD using Sysdig Secure is a straightforward process. This article demonstrates a step-by-step example of how to do it. The following proof of content showcased how to leverage the sysdig-cli-scanner with GitLab CI/CD. Although possible, this procedure is not officially supported by Sysdig, so we recommend checking the documentation to adapt these steps to your environment.
This is the first of a six-part blog series that highlights findings from a new Mend white paper, Five Principles of Modern Application Security Programs. Be sure to look out for our upcoming blogs on each of the five principles. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalization plans for global organizations by three years, while the adoption rate for digitized products and services increased by seven years.
