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

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

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 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

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

This sounds like a good development: ...a new $10 million contract the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched to design and build a secure voting...

64 bits of cert ID on the wall, 64 bits of ID. Take the top bit down, don't pass it around, 63 bits of cert ID on the wall... A bunfight over a controversial UAE mobile security company led to the...

What a difference a bit makes. 64 little flowers... brought the revokes and the scowls A mailing list bunfight over a controversial UAE mobile security company led to the discovery that millions...

The biggest problem of targeting open source software to find security issues relates to IT.