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AppSec

Code Scan Tools: How They Work and What to Use

A practical breakdown of code scan tool categories — SAST, SCA, secrets, and DAST — how each works, and how to choose and combine them without alert fatigue.

Jun 20, 20266 min read
Application Security

Vulnerability Scanner Tools: how they work

A breakdown of how SAST, DAST, SCA, and container vulnerability scanner tools actually work, where Veracode fits, and why false positives remain the industry's biggest problem.

Jun 20, 20267 min read
AppSec

Source Code Analysis Tools: SAST, Linters, and Semantic Engines

Not all source code analysis tools do the same job. Linters, pattern-based SAST, and semantic dataflow engines catch different bug classes, and mixing them up wastes budget.

Jun 19, 20266 min read
Security

Security Testing Tools for Mobile Applications: What Actually Finds Bugs

A practitioner's guide to the security testing tools for mobile applications that matter — SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and runtime instrumentation — and how to combine them without drowning in noise.

Jun 19, 20267 min read
Security

Checkmarx Pricing: What It Costs and How the Model Works

Checkmarx pricing is quote-based and not published publicly, driven by developer count, modules, and contract term. Here is what buyers actually report paying.

Jun 18, 20265 min read
Supply Chain

SCA vs Static Code Analysis: The Real Difference

Software composition analysis and static code analysis get lumped together constantly, but they read entirely different things and catch entirely different bugs.

Jun 18, 20266 min read
Security

Snyk in Cybersecurity: Where It Fits in a Modern AppSec Program

How Snyk fits into a cybersecurity program: what its developer-first SCA, SAST, container, and IaC tools cover, and what they leave for other controls.

Jun 18, 20265 min read
Application Security

How Snyk Code's semantic analysis engine builds a code mo...

A mechanical look at how Snyk Code's semantic analysis engine parses source into a code model, tracks data flow across files, and prioritizes vulnerability findings.

Jun 17, 20267 min read
Application Security

Inside DeepCode AI: how Snyk Code's ML models are trained...

How Snyk's DeepCode AI turns millions of open-source commit fixes into the symbolic-AI and ML models powering Snyk Code's vulnerability detection and autofixes.

Jun 17, 20268 min read
Application Security

How taint analysis works in Snyk Code: tracking data from...

Snyk Code traces untrusted data from source to sink using interprocedural static analysis and ML ranking. Here's how the taint-tracking mechanics work.

Jun 17, 20268 min read
Application Security

How Snyk Code performs interprocedural data-flow analysis...

How Snyk Code tracks tainted data across function and file boundaries using call-graph summaries, taint propagation, and hybrid symbolic AI rules.

Jun 17, 20268 min read
Application Security

How Snyk Code models control flow to catch race condition...

A mechanical look at how Snyk Code builds control flow and data flow graphs to trace paths that produce race conditions and null pointer dereferences.

Jun 17, 20267 min read

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