Security News

GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community
2025-01-13 05:00

In this Help Net Security, Alexis Wales, CISO at GitHub, discusses how GitHub embeds security into every aspect of its platform to protect millions of developers and repositories, ensuring it...

Chainsaw: Open-source tool for hunting through Windows forensic artefacts
2025-01-13 04:30

Chainsaw is an open-source first-response tool for quickly detecting threats in Windows forensic artefacts, including Event Logs and the MFT file. It enables fast keyword searches through event...

What’s Next for Open Source Software Security in 2025?
2025-01-09 19:53

Hidden dependencies, social engineering attacks, and the complexity of foundation models can all contribute tothe insecure use of open-source software in 2025.

Sara: Open-source RouterOS security inspector
2025-01-09 05:00

Sara is an open-source tool designed to analyze RouterOS configurations and identify security vulnerabilities on MikroTik hardware. Sara’s main feature is using regular expressions as the primary...

Cyberbro: Open-source tool extracts IoCs and checks their reputation
2025-01-07 05:00

Cyberbro is an open-source application that extracts IoCs from garbage input and checks their reputation using multiple services. Cyberbro features Input handling: Paste raw logs, IoCs, or fanged...

Open source worldwide: Critical maintenance gaps exposed
2025-01-07 04:30

Lineaje recently released a report identifying the US and Russia as the leading generators of open-source projects, with both countries also having the highest numbers of anonymous open-source...

Balancing proprietary and open-source tools in cyber threat research
2025-01-06 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Thomas Roccia, Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft, discusses how threat research drives faster, better decision-making in cybersecurity operations. Roccia...

Kata Containers: Open-source container runtime, building lightweight VMs
2025-01-02 05:00

Kata Containers is an open-source project dedicated to creating a secure container runtime that combines the performance and simplicity of containers with the enhanced isolation of lightweight...

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: December 2024
2024-12-31 04:00

This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. SafeLine: Open-source web application...

reconFTW: Open-source reconnaissance automation
2024-12-30 05:00

reconFTW is an open-source tool that simplifies and automates the reconnaissance process, delivering subdomain enumeration, vulnerability assessment, and gathering intelligence about a target....