Feb 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Source Code Popular social news aggregation platform Reddit has disclosed that it was the victim of a security incident that enabled unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The company blamed it on a "sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack" … [Read more...] about Reddit Suffers Security Breach Exposing Internal Documents and Source Code
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Hackers Breach Okta’s GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code
Dec 22, 2022Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Data Breach Okta, a company that provides identity and access management services, disclosed on Wednesday that some of its source code repositories were accessed in an unauthorized manner earlier this month. "There is no impact to any customers, including any HIPAA, FedRAMP or DoD customers," the company said in a public … [Read more...] about Hackers Breach Okta’s GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code
Open Source Ransomware Toolkit Cryptonite Turns Into Accidental Wiper Malware
Dec 06, 2022Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Data Security A version of an open source ransomware toolkit called Cryptonite has been observed in the wild with wiper capabilities due to its "weak architecture and programming." Cryptonite, unlike other ransomware strains, is not available for sale on the cybercriminal underground, and was instead offered for free by an actor … [Read more...] about Open Source Ransomware Toolkit Cryptonite Turns Into Accidental Wiper Malware
The Open Source Observability Adoption and Migration Curve
Open source monitoring and observability tools can be found in production all over the world – whether they’re being used by startups or entire enterprise development teams.DevOps, ITOps, and other technical teams rely on tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Nagios, Zabbix, Graphite, InfluxDB, and others to monitor and troubleshoot their cloud … [Read more...] about The Open Source Observability Adoption and Migration Curve
Easy JavaScript error investigation with Source Maps
Now, if you click on the error button to generate an error and check it out from the Kibana APM UI, you will see the minified error stack as per the previous screenshot.Let's load our source maps and see the magic! The source maps are generated under the directory $APP-PATH/carfront/build/static/js. Go in there, and you will see three source map files for the three JavaScript … [Read more...] about Easy JavaScript error investigation with Source Maps
Google Launches GUAC Open Source Project to Secure Software Supply Chain
Google on Thursday announced that it's seeking contributors to a new open source initiative called Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition, also known as GUAC, as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the software supply chain. "GUAC addresses a need created by the burgeoning efforts across the ecosystem to generate software build, security, and dependency metadata," … [Read more...] about Google Launches GUAC Open Source Project to Secure Software Supply Chain
Hackers Breach LastPass Developer System to Steal Source Code
Password management service LastPass confirmed a security incident that resulted in the theft of certain source code and technical information. The security breach is said to have occurred two weeks ago, targeting its development environment. No customer data or encrypted passwords were accessed, although the company provided no further details regarding the hack and what … [Read more...] about Hackers Breach LastPass Developer System to Steal Source Code
APM Vision for Open Source and Security
Earlier this month, we shared exciting news with our first placement in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability: we are in the Visionary Quadrant. This research is near to my heart, as I led this research for four years; so, I wanted to reflect on why this is an accurate placement for Logz.io. The Visionary Quadrant is … [Read more...] about APM Vision for Open Source and Security
Where’s Open Source Observability Headed in 2022?
For the last five years, Logz.io has tracked and measured the pulse of DevOps, as well as adoption of key trends and technology, through our DevOps Pulse survey and report. One of the obvious focus areas for us, as a company whose products are based on industry-leading open source, is the increased rise of incredibly useful open-source observability solutions, in general. This … [Read more...] about Where’s Open Source Observability Headed in 2022?
T-Mobile Admits Lapsus$ Hackers Gained Access to its Internal Tools and Source Code
Telecom company T-Mobile on Friday confirmed that it was the victim of a security breach in March after the LAPSUS$ mercenary gang managed to gain access to its networks. The acknowledgment came after investigative journalist Brian Krebs shared internal chats belonging to the core members of the group indicating that LAPSUS$ breached the company several times in March prior to … [Read more...] about T-Mobile Admits Lapsus$ Hackers Gained Access to its Internal Tools and Source Code