When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it – because the malicious code never actually touches your repo. As ...

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

Q1: How does Claude Code Security function—and how does it differ from traditional static application security testing (SAST)? A1: Conventional rule-based static analysis uses pattern matching, ...

Abstract: Static code analysis techniques examine programs without actually executing them. The main benefits lie in improving software quality by detecting problematic code constructs and potential ...

In our study, a novel SAST-LLM mashup slashed false positives by 91% compared to a widely used standalone SAST tool. The promise of static application security testing (SAST) has always been the ...

An aardvark works in an office typing at a desktop PC while happy human workers mill about in the background. Credit: VentureBeat made with ChatGPT Positioned as a scalable defense tool for modern ...

This engineering experience paper details the application of design, development, and performance testing to an automated program repair tool we built that repairs C/C++ code. Static analysis (SA) ...

Abstract: Code smells are indicators of potential problems in software source code that may hinder maintainability, increase complexity, and elevate the likelihood of future defects. This paper ...

If there's anything that gives a seasoned application security (AppSec) professional indigestion these days, it's the thought of AI-assisted coding layered on top of an already insecure development ...

Startup Apiiro Ltd. today introduced a new artificial intelligence tool, AutoFix Agent, that promises to help developers fix vulnerabilities in their code more quickly. The offering made its debut at ...