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  • Hybrid Analysis - The Answer to Static Code Analysis Shortcomings

    Hybrid Analysis - The Answer to Static Code Analysis Shortcomings Given my previous article and the buzz it generated (both for and against the ideas I set forth)... I needed to hurry-up and write the follow-on article for "Static Code Analysis Failures". I've had so many conversations...
    Posted to Following the White Rabbit Blog by Rafal Los on 05-15-2008
    Filed under: testing, static code analysis, whitebox, hybrid analysis, dynamic analysis, blackbox
  • Static Code Analysis Failures

    Static code analysis failures are costing enterprises money and reputation. White-box security testing is inherently a flawed proposition for many reasons -but it all comes down to a very simple concept: Machines do not execute source code, they execute machine code (compiled code). --Paul Anderson ...
    Posted to Following the White Rabbit Blog by Rafal Los on 05-06-2008
    Filed under: security, testing, static code analysis, whitebox, data-flow analysis, hybrid analysis, dynamic analysis
  • Navigating the PCI DSS Standards...

    For those of you who keep up with the PCI DSS standard, the coucil today has issued an update titled: Information Supplement: Requirement 6.6 Code Reviews and Application Firewalls Clarified . The standard item 6.6 has been further clarified in one of two options, as before, being either Application...
    Posted to Following the White Rabbit Blog by Rafal Los on 04-22-2008
    Filed under: testing, tools, web application, PCI DSS, assessments
  • "Security Vulnerability" != "Defect" ; why?

    It's one of those obvious things. A defect is a defect, right? Whether the airbag is faulty, or the gas cap doesn't hold pressure... a defect is a defect. The strange thing is - it hasn't been that way, and still isn't that way, in most of the IT shops I've been in. Why? The reason...
    Posted to Following the White Rabbit Blog by Rafal Los on 04-01-2008
    Filed under: defects, vulnerabilities, security, functional specification, quality, testing, development