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Deep dive: the tech stack behind Spamcheck

We take a closer look at the tooling, technical choices, metrics and lessons learned behind our new anti-abuse tool. Read on

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Top five actions engineers should take based on the OWASP Top 10 2021 security updates

Nov 15, 2021

Learn what actions engineers should take based on the OWASP Top 10 updates for 2021

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Action needed by self-managed customers in response to CVE-2021-22205

Nov 4, 2021

Self-managed users using outdated versions should update immediately.

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Our 3rd annual bug bounty contest: the swagtastic sequel to the sequel

Nov 1, 2021

We’re running a bug bounty contest November 1 thru December 3. Find a bug and be entered to win some sweet custom swag. What’s better than a contest? Increased bounty ranges!

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How we’re using DAST 2 for easier scan configuration and reduced noise

Oct 27, 2021

Our security team upgraded to GitLab’s DAST 2. Here’s how and why we did it.

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Threat modeling the Kubernetes Agent: from MVC to continuous improvement

Learn how we put our threat model into action iteratively and expanded the process into a full-fledged standalone activity.

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Notice for GitKraken users with GitLab

Oct 11, 2021

How we responded to Axosoft’s GitKraken software vulnerability affecting SSH keys and actions users should take.

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SemVer versioning: how we handled it with linear interval arithmetic

Sep 28, 2021

SemVer versioning made it difficult to automate processing. We turned to linear interval arithmetic to come up with a unified, language-agnostic semantic versioning approach.

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How to write and continuously test vulnerability detection rules for SAST

Anshuman Singh and Julian Thome and Ross Fuhrman
Sep 8, 2021

Interns with the Google Summer of Code helped GitLab transition from our old SAST tools to Semgrep.

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Why are developers so vulnerable to drive-by attacks?

Sep 7, 2021

The complexity of developer working environments make them more likely to be vulnerable to a drive-by attack. We talk about why and walk you through a real-life example from a recent disclosure here at GitLab, and provide tips to reduce the risk and impact of drive-by attacks.

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How to secure your software build pipeline using code signing

Eddie Glenn
Aug 30, 2021

The Venafi plugin for GitLab enables single sign-on and digital signatures to better secure your app.

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Introducing Spamcheck: A data-driven, anti-abuse engine

Ethan Urie, Juliet Wanjohi, Jayson Salazar, Alex Groleau and Alexander Dietrich
Aug 19, 2021

How we built, tested and deployed a new tool on GitLab that fights spam and abuse.

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How DevSecOps can protect businesses from future supply chain attacks

Pedro Fortuna
Aug 18, 2021

Learn how GitLab's all-in-one DevSecOps solution can help businesses keep their supply chains secure.

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Meet Package Hunter: A tool for detecting malicious code in your dependencies

Jul 23, 2021

We developed, tested and open sourced a new tool to analyze program dependencies and protect the supply chain.

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How we’re creating a threat model framework that works for GitLab

Jul 9, 2021

As usual, we’re creating our own path in how we handle our threat modeling, approaching development both iteratively and collaboratively, and seriously shifting left with our framework and processes.

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A brief look at Gitpod, two bugs, and a quick fix

Jul 8, 2021

Our security researcher takes a look at Gitpod and finds some access tokens under the carpet.

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