Veracode unveils tools to combat growing security debt

To help organisations tackle mounting security debt and an expanding attack surface, Veracode has announced two new platform innovations.

Veracode has introduced Universal Connector and Application Security Heatmap, both powered by Longbow, to enable businesses to quickly identify and prioritise security risks across their applications.

These new capabilities come at a critical time, as organisations struggle to manage an overwhelming volume of security alerts and the...

1 August 2024 | Hacking & Security

Veracode: Open-source libraries cause security flaws in 70% of apps

Research from Veracode suggests that 70 percent of apps have security flaws due to their use of open-source libraries.

The application security firm set out to determine the risk one flawed library can pose to software. For its The State of Software Security (SOSS): Open Source Edition report, Veracode analysed 351,000 libraries across the Veracode platform database of 85,000 applications.

On an initial scan, 70 percent of applications were found to have a security flaw...

27 May 2020 | Hacking & Security