Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of Mend.io’s new integration with Wiz, delivering a powerful Code-to-Cloud security workflow for joint customers. By bringing Mend SAST’s high-accuracy code findings directly into the Wiz platform, organizations can now unify code-level risks with cloud posture, runtime context, identities, and infrastructure—unlocking the complete picture needed to prioritize and remediate risk with confidence.

Top application security testing providers include Mend, Invicti, and Black Duck, offering a range of services like Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Software Composition Analysis (SCA). Some providers also provide specialized services like securing AI applications and vulnerability management.

A significantly evolved version of the Shai-Hulud malware now tracked as Sha1-Hulud has been discovered with over 800 packages affected, now featuring persistent backdoor capabilities through compromised GitHub Actions runners and enhanced multi-cloud credential harvesting.

SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools analyze an application’s source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities without executing the code. They are crucial for finding security flaws early in the development lifecycle, helping developers address issues before they become more costly and difficult to fix. Unlike dynamic analysis techniques, SAST operates without executing the program, focusing entirely on the static codebase.

Today, we’re introducing our Risk Reduction Dashboard. This is a new way for security leaders to quantify their AppSec program’s impact, prioritize high-value fixes, and prove ROI with data-backed insights that go beyond raw vulnerability counts.

“72% of organizations use AI in business functions — but only 13% feel ready to secure it.” That gap, between adoption and preparedness, explains why traditional AppSec approaches aren’t enough.

Over this last year, we’ve seen significant attacks like the Shai-Hulud worm, the Nx build system compromise, and secrets being leaked to public GitHub Actions logs via the tj-actions/changed-files compromise, but I could spend the entirety of this article only listing different attacks, let alone talking about them.

Application Security Testing (AST) services use automated tools and manual techniques to find and fix security vulnerabilities in software, integrating security into the entire development lifecycle (SDLC) to prevent threats and protect applications from attacks. Key services include Static Application Security Testing (SAST) for code-level analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) for runtime testing, and Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) which combines both.

Unlike closed-source code or proprietary applications, open source software (OSS) exposes its source code, allowing anyone to view, modify, or contribute to it. This transparency delivers both opportunities and unique threats; developer communities can uncover flaws faster, but attackers can also examine code for weaknesses and even easily leverage known reported open source vulnerabilities.

Today, Mend.io is expanding its AppSec capabilities to secure the five most popular agentic IDEs — including Windsurf, CoPilot, Claude Code, Amazon Q Developer, and Cursor — ensuring that developers can move at AI speed without compromising security.