Topic
CycloneDX
Good Bear 1.0 Released: Firefox-Based Browser with Isolated Russian PKI Trust Container
Other
Sapper Revives Minefield to Deliver Accurate SBOM-Based Vulnerability Impact Reports for Cyber Resilience Act Compliance
Supply Chain & Open Source
Challenges in Building Accurate SBOMs for C and C++ Projects Highlighted by CodeScoring Analysis
Supply Chain & Open SourceNEOMSA ESB Release Strengthens Supply Chain Security Through SBOM and Dependency Hardening
Neoflex has released a new version of its NEOMSA ESB integration platform with a primary focus on cleaning up the software bill of materials and eliminating critical and high-severity vulnerabilities. The team automated SBOM generation using CycloneDX, ran SCA scans with Grype and OWASP Dependency-Check, and performed SAST and secret scanning across all build pipelines. Instead of blindly updating to the latest versions, engineers applied minimal fixed versions for each advisory while handling complex cases involving transitive dependencies, locked files, and deprecated build tools. The effort reduced the total package count from 5,872 to 1,683 after migrating the frontend build to Vite in Camel Karavan 4.18. Remaining medium and low findings were tracked in DefectDojo with clear remediation timelines. The changes deliver measurable risk reduction for on-premise deployments in critical infrastructure and financial organizations.
NEOMSA APIM 4.6.0 Eliminates All Critical and High Vulnerabilities Registered in FSTEC BDU
Neoflex has released NEOMSA APIM 4.6.0 with a primary focus on strengthening the security of the platform's supply chain. The team generated an SBOM in CycloneDX format, scanned components and dependencies using Grype, and cross-referenced findings against the FSTEC BDU database. This process reduced total registered vulnerabilities from 57 to 7, completely removing all 10 Critical and 24 High issues. The platform now meets the formal Security Gate criterion requiring zero Critical or High vulnerabilities from the FSTEC database in the final build. Remaining Medium findings are documented and tracked for future updates. The release provides customers with a verified, transparent component inventory that simplifies compliance and integration reviews.
Understanding SCA: How Software Composition Analysis Helps Manage Software Supply Chain Risks
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) has emerged as a critical tool for organizations seeking to understand and control the risks hidden within modern applications built from third-party components, open-source libraries, container images, and transitive dependencies. SCA tools scan projects to identify components, versions, dependency chains, known vulnerabilities, and license issues, providing visibility that traditional security methods often miss. The approach supports SBOM generation and integrates with standards such as SPDX, CycloneDX, and VEX to improve transparency across the software supply chain. Organizations use SCA throughout the development lifecycle—from dependency selection and build-time gating to post-release monitoring—to reduce reaction time when new vulnerabilities appear and to manage technical debt, licensing conflicts, and abandoned packages. In regulated environments, including compliance with Russian standards like GOST R 56939-2024 and FSTEC requirements, SCA helps teams demonstrate control over software composition and prepare evidence for certification. While powerful, SCA is not a silver bullet: it relies on accurate data, cannot detect zero-days, and requires careful policy tuning to avoid alert fatigue or developer workarounds.