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DAST Tools for DevSecOps Teams
The best DAST tools for DevSecOps teams run inside CI/CD rather than as a separate pre-launch step, and Gartner's own analysis of the DAST market backs that shift as the defining trend.
May 13, 20265 min read
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What SCA Means in Security (Software Composition Analysis)
The SCA security meaning explained: what software composition analysis is, how it differs from SAST and DAST, and why it matters for the open source in your code.
May 13, 20266 min read
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What Is a Mend Scan and How Does It Work?
A Mend scan analyzes your open-source dependencies and code for known vulnerabilities and license risk. Here is what it covers and how to run one in CI.
May 13, 20266 min read
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The OWASP API Security Top 10: Each Risk Explained
The OWASP API Top 10 is a ranked list of the most common API-specific vulnerability classes, from broken object level authorization to unsafe consumption of third-party APIs.
May 12, 20265 min read
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nimbus-jose-jwt: JWT Handling in Java Done Right
com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt is the JVM's workhorse JOSE library. Here is how to configure it so algorithm confusion, weak validation, and its one recent CVE never reach production.
May 12, 20266 min read
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jwt-decode: Why Decoding Is Not Verifying (Security Guide)
The npm jwt-decode package reads JWT claims without checking the signature. That is by design, and it is behind a whole class of authentication bypasses when developers forget it.
May 12, 20267 min read
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How a Web Application Penetration Test Actually Works (and What It Finds)
A web application penetration test simulates a real attacker against your app. Here is what the phases look like and how to act on the report.
May 12, 20266 min read
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DAST Testing: How Dynamic Scans Probe Running Applications
DAST testing attacks your app the way an outsider would — no source code, just HTTP requests against a running target. Here is how the scan works, what it catches that SAST misses, and where it falls short.
May 11, 20267 min read
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What Is a White Box Penetration Test?
A clear explanation of the white box penetration test: how full-knowledge testing differs from black and gray box, what testers get, and when it is the right choice.
May 11, 20267 min read
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