Security News

Facebook Open Sources CTF 2019 Challenges
2019-06-18 11:00

Facebook’s first-ever global Capture the Flag (CTF) competition took place earlier this month and the company has now made the challenges available in open source.  read more

Growing reliance on open source libraries leaves many companies vulnerable
2019-06-03 04:45

Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on open source libraries (OSLs) to develop code for software and websites. However, Jing Xie, senior threat intelligence researcher for Venafi,...

Open Source Security - How to Defend at the Speed of Attack
2019-05-30 21:33

On the sixth stop of a multi-city tour, ISMG and Sonatype visited San Francisco for an engaging discussion on how to mitigate risks introduced by open source software. Sonatype CMO Matt Howard...

Open source security: The risk issue is unpatched software, not open source use
2019-05-02 06:04

Many of the trends in open source use that have presented risk management challenges to organizations in previous years persist today. However, new data also suggest that an inflection point has...

NS1 Flamethrower: Lightweight, open source DNS performance testing tool
2019-04-29 04:00

NS1, the leader in next-generation DNS and traffic management solutions, announced the availability of Flamethrower, a lightweight, configurable open source tool for functional testing,...

The Linux Foundation and ETSI to bring open source and standards closer
2019-04-29 00:00

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through sustainable open source, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ETSI, the independent organization providing...

Open Source Tool From FireEye Automates Analysis of Flash Files
2019-04-16 14:25

Security company FireEye this week announced the release of an open source tool designed to automate the analysis of Adobe Flash files in order to identify malware and prevent infections. read more

Proxmox Server Solutions releases a new version of its open-source email security solution
2019-03-27 23:30

Enterprise software developer Proxmox Server Solutions has released Proxmox Mail Gateway 5.2, the latest version of its open-source email security solution. The Mail Gateway is a complete...

Google Open Sources Sandboxed API
2019-03-19 06:56

Google on Monday announced that it has made available its Sandboxed API as open source in an effort to make it easier for software developers to create secure products. read more

DARPA is working on an open source, secure e-voting system
2019-03-18 12:35

The US Government is working on an electronic voting system that it hopes will prevent people from tinkering with voting machines at the polls.