The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), an open-source project, has announced a free, 216-page guide for how to review code for application vulnerabilities. The book complements the already released "OWASP Security Developer Guide" and the "Security Testing Guide." The latest publication is "part of OWASP's strategy to make application security visible and enable the market to support the development of secure application software," according to the organization. — DK
Malicious Chrome web store extensions identified SecurityWeek reports that more than 30 malicious extensions in the Google Chrome web store with nearly 87 million total user downloads have been discovered to have obfuscated code enabling JavaScript code-injection by third-party websites to all visited websites.
Ninety-two more apps, nearly half of which are on Google Play, that have cumulatively amassed more than 30 million installations were discovered to be compromised with the SpinOk malware, which has been distributed through a malicious software development kit supply chain attack, BleepingComputer reports.
New finding from Vulcan Cyber underscores the need for security teams to fully test and review any code they generate from ChatGPT and other generative AI products.
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