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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

For instance, major vulnerability was discovered lurking in the GNU C Library, or GLIBC, an open source component that runs deep inside of Linux operating systems used widely in enterprise settings. These are issues that are coming into play in all other major OSs, as well as at the processing chip level of computer hardware.

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Roboto, a new P2P botnet targets Linux Webmin servers

Security Affairs

“Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.” One of the addresses disguised the Bot sample as a Google font library “ roboto. ” reads the analysis published by 360 Netlab.

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DevOps Chat Podcast: $2M DARPA Award Sparks Behavior Testing With ForAllSecure's Mayhem Solution

ForAllSecure

You’re gonna push as part of your DevOps cycle through, you know, things like making sure you’re not using old versions of libraries. You have software component analysis, which looks for known vulnerable versions of libraries and other things, right? So, the idea is, it’s more of asynchronous testing.

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DevOps Chat Podcast: $2M DARPA Award Sparks Behavior Testing With ForAllSecure's Mayhem Solution

ForAllSecure

You’re gonna push as part of your DevOps cycle through, you know, things like making sure you’re not using old versions of libraries. You have software component analysis, which looks for known vulnerable versions of libraries and other things, right? So, the idea is, it’s more of asynchronous testing.

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DEVOPS CHAT PODCAST: $2M DARPA AWARD SPARKS BEHAVIOR TESTING WITH FORALLSECURE'S MAYHEM SOLUTION

ForAllSecure

You’re gonna push as part of your DevOps cycle through, you know, things like making sure you’re not using old versions of libraries. You have software component analysis, which looks for known vulnerable versions of libraries and other things, right? So, the idea is, it’s more of asynchronous testing.

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Will Autonomous Security Kill CVEs?

ForAllSecure

A 2019 Synopsys reports 96% of code bases [caution: email wall] they scanned included open source software and up to 60% contain a known vulnerability. TwistLock, Anchore) check built docker image for out-of-date, vulnerable libraries. Software is assembled from pieces, not written from scratch. The risks don’t stop there.

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Will Autonomous Security Kill CVEs?

ForAllSecure

A 2019 Synopsys reports 96% of code bases [caution: email wall] they scanned included open source software and up to 60% contain a known vulnerability. TwistLock, Anchore) check built docker image for out-of-date, vulnerable libraries. Software is assembled from pieces, not written from scratch. The risks don’t stop there.