This Week in Malware — Malicious 'Distutil' and Spring4Shell active exploitation

By Ax Sharma on April 22, 2022 github

7 minute read time

A malicious 'Distutil' PyPI package, active Spring4Shell exploitation by attackers deploying cryptominers, An open source tool that enabled users to add Google.
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Fixing a vulnerability? Make sure your GitHub isn't showing too much

By Ax Sharma on April 04, 2022 github

5 minute read time

February's $326 million crypto hack at Wormhole and this month's findings by Sonatype shed light on the importance of secrets management for open source.
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Gitpaste-12: A dozen exploits that silently lived on GitHub, attacked Linux servers

By Ax Sharma on November 08, 2020 github

5 minute read time

Gitpaste-12, a worming botnet, is extremely versatile in its advanced capabilities as it leverages trustworthy sites like GitHub and Pastebin to host itself.
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Find and fix vulnerabilities in seconds using GitHub PR reviews with line comments

By Kevin Miller on July 07, 2020 github

2 minute read time

Pull Request line comments highlight code that introduces a policy violation. This gives developers the information needed to remediate security risks.
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DevSecOps Delivered: Automated GitHub Pull Requests

By Amir Shahmiri on May 08, 2020 github

1 minute read time

This episode is a quick demonstration of GitHub automated pull requests in Nexus Lifecycle, and why you would want to use them.
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Developers Gain Contextual Feedback with Automated Pull Request Commenting

By Kevin Miller on March 31, 2020 github

2 minute read time

Pull request comments provide contextual information about the individual branch a developer is working on, and changes that they may have introduced.
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Microsoft Acquires npm: A Healthy Move for Critical Public Infrastructure

By Brian Fox on March 16, 2020 github

3 minute read time

Today, news broke that GitHub and its parent company Microsoft, acquired npm and its public repository of open source JavaScript packages.
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How to Use Sonatype OSS Index to Identify Security Vulnerabilities

By Casey Dunham on January 09, 2020 github

8 minute read time

OSS Index enables developers to quickly find vulnerabilities in any library with an easy-to-use search feature. Learn more, and how to access the plugins.
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Keep GitHub Dependencies Secure With Nexus Lifecycle's Automated Pull Requests

By Michelle Dufty on November 12, 2019 new features

2 minute read time

Sonatype has been the world’s premier provider of open source health and hygiene data. Now, it's bringing that data to GitHub with six new Nexus integrations.
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