April 5, 2023 Threat actors continue to poison the NPM repository for open-source JavaScript code with malware aimed at unwary application developers. But the most recent campaigns were so severe, they caused a distributed denial of service attack more...
March 28, 2023 GitHub has removed a repository containing Twitter's proprietary source code after it filed a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) takedown request. The repository was created by a user called "FreeSpeechEnthusiast," and the username appears to more...
February 23, 2023 According to a new tweet from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, the company is planning to open source its algorithm as soon as next week. "Prepare to be disappointed at first when our algorithm is made more...
February 15, 2023 Akash Network's cloud computing marketplace is counting on its open-sourced, decentralized "super" cloud to provide data center operators with more server space. By offering unused compute cycles, data centers and anyone with a computer will more...
February 10, 2023 GitHub has made a significant breakthrough in the tech industry with the release of Blackbird, a new code search engine built from the ground up in the Rust programming language. Rust is well-known for its more...
February 7, 2023 According to Perforce Software and the Open-Source Initiative's (OSI) annual State of Open-Source Report, there is an increase in open-source usage, but approximately 40% of teams using open source lack the internal skills to test, more...
February 6, 2023 Dashlane, a subscription-based password manager, has made the source code for its Android and iOS apps available on GitHub in order to encourage more collaborative and open development in the future. "Transparency and trust are more...
December 5, 2022 Attacks on open-source and commercial software will continue to rise in 2023, says a new security vendor report on the software supply chain. However, the authors of the report also believe that the increased security more...
November 2, 2022 The vulnerability in OpenSSL that forced the project’s leaders to issue a security patch on Tuesday isn’t as bad as initially feared, with the hole’s severity shifted from “critical” to “high.” Still, experts say infosec more...
October 28, 2022 Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, is seriously considering discontinuing the Intel 486 processor, 486 Linux and any other 486 architecture. The transition would occur after most users had upgraded to newer processor more...
