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Building Safer AI Agents with Structured Outputs

Learn how structured outputs help developers build safer, more reliable AI agents by enforcing strict schemas during token generation. Discover the essential frameworks and security tools needed to move your AI agents to an enforcement-based production environment.

SAST vs. DAST vs. IAST vs. RASP: Understanding Application Security Testing Methods

Navigate the key differences between SAST, DAST, IAST, and RASP. This guide explains how to integrate these testing methods throughout the software development lifecycle to eliminate blind spots and block real-time attacks.

BOLA: The API Vulnerability Hiding in Plain Sight

Discover why Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) is the #1 OWASP API risk. Learn why traditional testing tools fail to test this "hidden" flaw properly and how Snyk’s AI-powered DAST provides the context needed to stop data breaches.

How AI Agents Still Break Security When Nothing Is Broken

AI agents can fail security without any bugs or vulnerabilities. Learn why agent behavior breaks trust boundaries and how threat modeling mitigates risk.

4 Reasons Why Dynamic Security Testing Is Critical For All Your Assets

Attackers don't just target your crown jewels; they look for the weakest link in your entire application footprint. Limiting dynamic security testing to tier-one apps leaves dangerous blind spots across forgotten APIs and internal tools. Discover why universal DAST is critical for modern risk management and how it helps teams uncover hidden vulnerabilities before they become entry points for a breach.

Inside the 'clawdhub' Malicious Campaign: AI Agent Skills Drop Reverse Shells on OpenClaw Marketplace

Snyk security researchers have uncovered the clawdhub malicious campaign targeting the ClawHub AI marketplace with Trojanized skills that drop reverse shells. This sophisticated attack uses social engineering and obfuscated scripts to compromise hosts via AI agent capabilities on Windows and macOS. Learn how to identify these threats and secure your AI supply chain against evolving agentic workflow risks.

From SKILL.md to Shell Access in Three Lines of Markdown: Threat Modeling Agent Skills

Discover the lethal trifecta of AI agent security risks. Learn how malicious OpenClaw Skills and supply chain attacks like ClawHavoc put your data at risk. Threat model your AI agents and secure them with Snyk Evo.

Your Clawdbot (OpenClaw) AI Assistant Has Shell Access and One Prompt Injection Away from Disaster

Is your personal AI assistant secure? Dive into the agentic security risks of Clawdbot: prompt injection, supply chain, and network exposure. Discover Snyk's tools to secure your agents.

DAST vs RASP: Understanding the Differences in Application Security

Understand the critical differences between DAST and RASP to build a robust application security strategy. This guide explores how DAST proactively identifies vulnerabilities before deployment while RASP provides real-time protection during runtime. Learn how to leverage both technologies to create a layered defense for your modern software stack.

5 Benefits of Using SAST and DAST Together

Discover why combining SAST and DAST is essential for comprehensive application security, from early code analysis to runtime validation. By integrating both methodologies, teams can reduce false positives, lower remediation costs, and automate security within CI/CD pipelines. Learn how to bridge the gap between development and security to build faster and more securely.

Building Secure MCP Servers: A Developer's Guide to Avoiding Critical Vulnerabilities

Cloud Network Security: Best Practices & Essential Strategies for Protecting Modern Cloud Infrastructure

Modern cloud security requires moving beyond traditional perimeters to embrace Zero Trust, AI-driven threat detection, and quantum-safe encryption. This guide outlines essential strategies for mitigating misconfigurations and managing the shared responsibility model. Learn how to automate your incident response to stay ahead of evolving DDoS and AI-weaponized attacks.

CSPM vs SSPM: Understanding the Differences and When You Need Both

Understand the critical differences between CSPM and SSPM and why modern enterprises need both to secure their cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications. While CSPM focuses on IaaS and PaaS security, SSPM targets risks within SaaS platforms like Microsoft 365 and Salesforce.

Debunking the Top 5 Myths About DAST

Modern Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) has evolved far beyond its outdated reputation for being slow or noisy. This guide debunks five common myths, demonstrating how AI-driven DAST provides fast, automated runtime security that catches critical vulnerabilities static analysis often misses.

From SBOM to AI-BOM: Rethinking Visibility in AI-Native Systems

AI supply chains move too fast for SBOMs. Learn why AI-BOM is becoming the foundation for AI security and governance.

Best Practices for DAST Scanning, Execution & Implementation in the SDLC

Master DAST scanning best practices for your SDLC. Learn to define scope, optimize execution in CI/CD, prioritize results, manage false positives, & integrate Snyk API & Web for application security.

SAST for SQL Injection Detection: A Complete Guide

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is a cornerstone of a proactive defense against SQL injection (SQLi). Snyk Code uses the power of SAST to detect SQL injection vulnerabilities in source code, prevent attacks early, & strengthen application security before deployment.

Catch Vulnerabilities Early: Your Snyk MCP Cheat Sheet

Integrate security into AI workflows with the Snyk MCP Server cheat sheet. Learn installation, configuration, transport types, core security scanning functions (Code, SCA, IaC), and rules for agentic AI tools.

Top CI/CD Pipeline Security Best Practices for AI-Powered Development

Fortify your AI development lifecycle. Learn top CI/CD security best practices to protect against prompt injection, data poisoning, and model inversion from code to cloud.

Implementing SAST in Azure DevOps: A Complete Guide for DevSecOps Integration

By integrating SAST directly into our Azure DevOps pipelines, we catch issues like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and insecure authentication patterns before they reach production.

AI in SDLC: A Complete Guide to AI-Powered Software Development

Discover how AI is transforming the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Learn the benefits, challenges, and real-world use cases of AI-powered software development.

Buffer Overflow Security Analysis: From Prevention to Detection & Defense

Protect your applications from buffer overflow attacks with a multi-layered security approach. Learn how SAST, DAST, runtime protections, and Snyk’s proactive tools help detect, prevent, and remediate memory corruption vulnerabilities in C/C++ and other high-risk environments.

What Is Toxic Flow Analysis in Cybersecurity? Framework, Identification Techniques & Implementation

Toxic Flow Analysis maps how sensitive data moves across systems to uncover hidden risks, strengthen defenses, and improve security posture.

5 AI Cloud Security Best Practices: A Comprehensive Guide for Securing AI Systems in the Cloud

Discover the top 5 AI cloud security best practices to protect your AI models, data, and pipelines. Learn how to secure AI systems in the cloud against emerging threats with this comprehensive guide.