Security News

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.

DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System
2019-03-14 18:20

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...

Open-source 64-ish-bit serial number gen snafu sparks TLS security cert revoke runaround
2019-03-13 18:12

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...

Open-source keygen snafu sparks 63-bit TLS cert revoke runaround
2019-03-13 18:12

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...

Do bug bounties help open source security?
2019-03-09 15:45

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

Windows Calculator is going open source
2019-03-08 11:46

Can the combined power of the world’s developers possibly improve the iconic Windows Calculator app? Microsoft seems to think so.

Fortanix Releases Open Source SDK for Intel SGX Enclaves
2019-03-06 19:01

Runtime encryption company Fortanix has launched a free and open source software development kit (SDK) for building Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) applications. read more

OSSPatcher: Automated mobile application patching for bugs in open source libraries
2019-02-26 11:09

Researchers from the Georgia Tech and Peking University are working on OSSPatcher, a system for automatic patching of vulnerable open source libraries included in mobile applications. Fulfilling a...