Synopsys has acquired Code Dx, a provider of an application security risk management solution that both automates and accelerates the discovery and remediation of software vulnerabilities.
Synopsys snaps up Code Dx for consolidated risk reporting across software vulnerability data
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Synopsys Inc. today said it has acquired application security risk management startup Code Dx Inc. for an undisclosed price.
Founded in 2013, Code Dx offers an application security risk management solution that automates and accelerates the discovery, prioritization and remediation of software vulnerabilities. The company’s software management and security analytics tools consolidate vulnerabilities detected through a collection of static application security testing tools, dynamic application security testing and manual findings, visualizing results in a unified display.
Along with integrating AppSec tool results into a centralized location, Code Dx’s solution automates the most time-consuming tasks to speed up AppSec testing and remediation.
Exchange Server Attackers Launched Scans Within Five Minutes of Disclosure
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine
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2021 Cortex Xpanse Attack Surface Threat Report from Palo Alto Networks was compiled from scans of 50 million IP addresses associated with 50 global enterprises, carried out January-March 2021.
The report revealed that as soon as new vulnerabilities are announced by vendors, attackers rush to take advantage, utilizing cheap cloud computing power to back their efforts.
“Scans began within 15 minutes after CVE announcements were released between January and March. Attackers worked faster for the Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days, launching scans within five minutes of Microsoft’s March 2 announcement,” the report noted.
Malicious scans for at-risk systems start minutes after disclosure
Statistics collated by Palo Alto Networks reveal malicious actors begin scanning the internet for systems at risk of new CVEs within minutes
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Malicious actors begin to scan for at-risk systems within an average of 15 minutes of the disclosure of a new Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE), and in many instances much quicker than that – scans for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Server deployments began within five minutes back in March 2021.
This is according to newly released statistics collated by Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex Xpanse research team, which studied the public-facing attack surfaces of 50 global enterprises between January and March, monitoring scans of 50 million IP addresses.
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