Why devs and repos spill secrets
The Circle CI breach and other recent hacks expose why the secrets problem is so prolific. Here's what you need to know.
Paul Roberts
Director of Content and Editorial at RL. Paul is a reporter, editor and industry analyst with 20 years’ experience covering the cybersecurity space. He is the founder and editor in chief at The Security Ledger, a cybersecurity news website. His writing about cyber security has appeared in publications including Forbes, The Christian Science Monitor, MIT Technology Review, The Economist Intelligence Unit, CIO Magazine, ZDNet and Fortune Small Business. He has appeared on NPR’s Marketplace Tech Report, KPCC AirTalk, Fox News Tech Take, Al Jazeera and The Oprah Show.
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Why devs and repos spill secrets
Leaky app gives researcher 'total, global control' over the Toyota supplier network
Researcher Eaton Zveare discloses massive back door in Toyota web app exploiting a JsonWebToken used for authentication
The Week in Security: After breach, 'unusual activity' detected in GoTo and LastPass dev environments
Welcome to the latest edition of The Week in Security, which brings you the newest headlines from both the world and our team across the full stack of security: application security, cybersecurity, and beyond.
Danger: Researchers exploit gaps in connected vehicle software supply chain
Researchers compromised source code and development infrastructure for Mercedes-Benz and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services, raising security concerns.
After hack, CircleCI tells devs to update secrets now
In this latest attack on software development environments, the CircleCI platform may have exposed secrets used by millions of software developers.
New supply chain mandates: Uncle Sam wants you (to secure your software)!
Here are the key elements of Executive Order 14028, and software supply chain security guidance from the Enduring Security Framework working group.
National Cyber Director: Higher bar for software supply chain security is key to cyber resilience
Chris Inglis said the government is setting a new bar for supply chain security as the national cybersecurity focus shifts from incident response to cyber resilience.
SBOMs are coming for medical devices. Prof. Kevin Fu explains what to expect
The medical device sector is under pressure to improve software supply chain security, and software bills of materials (SBOMs) are front and center. ReversingLabs talks with Professor Kevin Fu of the Archimedes Center at University of Michigan about what to expect.
Gaps in the NVD increase U.S. cyber threat
Discrepancies in reports to the national vulnerability databases (NVD) show the U.S. lags behind China, exposing U.S. firms to cyber attacks.