Apiiro's recent research indicates a significant presence of malicious code in software repositories, emphasizing the ease of its exploitation. The study focuses on identifying malicious code patterns to enhance defense strategies, revealing that current security implementations have critical gaps, particularly in the verification of identities and the validation of code. To combat these issues, Apiiro introduces open-source tools like PRevent and detection rules on Semgrep. Best practices recommended include pre-merge hooks for code reviews to prevent malicious code from entering codebases.
According to the company, the focus of the research was on in-depth code analysis.
Malicious code is one of the most accessible and easily executed attack vectors.
Apiiro recognizesmany security problems in build systems, artifact managers and pipeline tools.
Apiiro advises that the best way to keep malicious code out of the codebase is to use a pre-merge hook.
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