February 8, 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 7, 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 7, 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 3, 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 31, 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...
October 6, 2022 From the next version, Debian 12, aka Bookworm, Debian Linux will include proprietary firmware. Although Debian has always offered a selection of installation images that contain proprietary software, they have been described as experimental. Plans more...
October 5, 2022 The main force behind the development of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds has released a stable cut of Linux kernel version 6.0. Notable features of Linux 6.0 include better ACPI handling and power management, more...
September 23, 2022 Over 350,000 open-source repositories may be open to compromise because they include a Python module containing an unpatched 15-year-old vulnerability. That’s the finding of researchers at Trellix, who said the hole, CVE-2007-4559, is in Python’s more...
August 31, 2022 Google is adding to its bounty program that pays for the discovery of application vulnerabilities. On Tuesday the company launched the Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program (OSS VRP) to reward discoveries of bugs in more...
July 8, 2022 A newly detected Linux malware is being used to covertly steal information from backdoored Linux systems and infect all running processes on the network. Intezer Labs security researchers, who first spotted the malware, named it more...
