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GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.7: I Made Both Build an App - Here's What Happened

GPT-5.5 vs Claude Opus 4.7 - two flagship AI models dropped one week apart, and both claim to be the best at agentic coding. We put that to the test by giving each model the exact same prompt: build a production-ready, secure note-taking application from scratch. But we didn't stop at reviewing the code. We actually tried to break it by running real security tests against each app to see whether AI-generated code can be trusted with user data. The results were not what we expected.

CI/CD Pipeline Security Tools and Technologies

CI/CD pipeline security is not a single tool decision. The pipeline spans source code, build systems, container registries, infrastructure configs, and production workloads. Each stage carries different risks and needs different controls. This guide covers the full stack of ci/cd pipeline security tools, the industry standards that govern them, and the CI/CD security best practices that make them work in production.

Dedicated vs VPS: Which One Actually Wins?

Let's be honest - at some point, every growing project hits the same question: *"Do I need a virtual server... or should I go all-in on a dedicated machine?"* Sounds simple, right? But here's the twist - the wrong choice doesn't just slow you down, it quietly eats your money, performance, and nerves. I've seen this dozens of times. A startup overpays for a powerful dedicated server they don't fully use. Or worse - a fast-growing app crashes because a VPS couldn't handle the load. So today, let's break this down like we're discussing it over coffee - clearly, honestly, and without technical noise.

PhantomRaven Wave 5: New Undocumented NPM Supply Chain Campaign Targets DeFi, Cloud, and AI Developers

Mend’s security research team has identified a previously undocumented fifth wave of the PhantomRaven campaign, an ongoing NPM supply chain attack that has been stealing developer credentials and secrets since August 2025. This new wave uses a fresh command-and-control server, 33 new malicious packages, and a more sophisticated three-stage payload chain.

Guide: How to Unify Identity Across Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure

Organizations that operate servers across data centers, cloud accounts, and colocated environments face a problem that grows with each site they add: identity fragmentation. If an engineer needs access to infrastructure in ten locations, it's highly likely that the identity and access systems governing those locations exist in ten separate configurations. Each new site or cloud deployment also creates thousands of new credentials, adding new paths and additional attack vectors.

AI Sales Avatar Hijacked by Prompt Injection on Livestream #promptinjection #hacked #hacker

Mend.io, formerly known as Whitesource, has over a decade of experience helping global organizations build world-class AppSec programs that reduce risk and accelerate development -– using tools built into the technologies that software and security teams already love. Our automated technology protects organizations from supply chain and malicious package attacks, vulnerabilities in open source and custom code, and open-source license risks.

Treat AI Like an Employee #ai #aisecurity

Mend.io, formerly known as Whitesource, has over a decade of experience helping global organizations build world-class AppSec programs that reduce risk and accelerate development -– using tools built into the technologies that software and security teams already love. Our automated technology protects organizations from supply chain and malicious package attacks, vulnerabilities in open source and custom code, and open-source license risks.

Sandboxing AI Agents on AKS: Network Policies, Workload Identity, and Least Privilege

Your AI agent runs on AKS with a managed identity that can read Azure Key Vault, and you assume prompt injection is a theoretical risk—until a malicious prompt drives that agent to steal credentials from the Azure metadata endpoint in under a minute. Most teams discover this gap when their SIEM shows a single request to 169.254.169.254, but they cannot trace it back to which agent tool or prompt triggered it, or how far the stolen token traveled across their Azure environment.

AI Threat Detection for Healthcare: Protecting Patient Data from AI-Mediated Attacks

For six weeks, a mid-size hospital system’s CDS agent issued recommendations biased by a poisoned guideline summary. No detection alert fired. The drift — denial recommendations in cases sharing one specific clinical attribute — traced back to a guideline an outside contributor had quietly reweighted in editorial review. Every existing detection stack reported green. DLP: no PHI left the cluster. EHR audit log: agent reading and writing within scope. Network egress: normal traffic.

AI-SPM for Healthcare: HIPAA-Compliant AI Posture Management

A healthcare CISO opens her AI-SPM dashboard at the start of the quarter. Every clinical AI agent in the cluster reads green: full AI-BOM coverage, every permission scope reconciled, the HIPAA compliance tag clean across the fleet. The ambient scribe, the prior-authorization assistant, the oncology decision support agent — all monitored, all green, all the way through. Six months later, the Office for Civil Rights opens an investigation.