Security News > 2018 > May > The percentage of open source code in proprietary apps is rising

The number of open source components in the codebase of proprietary applications keeps rising and with it the risk of those apps being compromised by attackers leveraging vulnerabilities in them, a recent report has shown. Compiled after examining the findings from the anonymized data of over 1,100 commercial codebases audited in 2017 by the Black Duck On-Demand audit services group, the report revealed that: 96 percent of the scanned applications contain open source components, with … More → The post The percentage of open source code in proprietary apps is rising appeared first on Help Net Security.

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