There's a false sense of security around open source code, according to Trustwave researchers Brandon Myers and Assi Barak. Their deeper point was that open source code is prone to vulnerabilities ...

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source utility XZ Utils, which is used in virtually all Linux operating systems. The ...

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Open source security incidents aren't going away. The reliance on open source software (OSS) increases year-over-year, with more than 95% of all software, including open source, in some capacity. From ...

BastionZero's OpenPubkey, which is a new cryptographic protocol that's designed to fortify the open-source software ecosystem, is now a Linux Foundation open-source project. Docker is also integrating ...

Since Russian troops invaded Ukraine more than three years ago, Russian technology companies and executives have been widely sanctioned for supporting the Kremlin. That includes Vladimir Kiriyenko, ...

Can open source software be regulated? Should it be regulated? And if so, will it lead to enhanced security? In mid-September, two government's approaches to securing open source software were on ...

There are – and will always be – vulnerabilities in software. Just like there is no perfect security, there is no perfect codebase. That begs the question: What is the best way to fix software ...

A reflection of the Department of Homeland Security logo in the eyeglasses of a cybersecurity analyst (Mark J. Terrill/AP/File) There’s no question that open-source software is central to the ...

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier ...