Application security, DevSecOps

Why you should challenge shift-left testing to create better and safer apps

In theory, a shift-left approach to development prevents defects early in the software delivery process. But as new threats emerge and tactics to devops evolve, a shift-left philosophy may not be enough to protect web assets.

In a conversation with Security Weekly's Paul Asadoorian, Rickard Carlsson, co-founder & CEO at Detectify, explained when shift-left testing makes sense, and when it actually disrupts a zero-trust model.

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Third-party ransomware attack threatens Sweden’s liquor supply

Swedish government-owned liquor retailer Systembolaget, which is the country's lone vendor of alcoholic beverages, has warned of a shortage of some beers, wines, and spirits across the country following a ransomware attack against its distributor Skanlog, which its CEO Mona Zuko has attributed to a North Korean state-sponsored threat operation, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Abusing GitHub flaw could compromise GitLab

Open-source DevOps software project GitLab has also been impacted by the same security issue in GitHub comments that has been exploited by threat actors through Microsoft repository-linked URLs to facilitate the distribution of malware that was made to seem to originate from credible entities' official source code repositories, according to BleepingComputer.

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