Security News

Google Upspin Secure File-Sharing Released to Open Source (Threatpost)
2017-02-22 18:44

New file-sharing protocols and interfaces called Upspin have been released to open source. Built by Google, Upspin returns access control and data security to the user.

Google gifts 'Upspin' file sharing tech to the open-source community (ZDNet)
2017-02-22 12:53

Netflix treats security ills with Stethoscope: Open-source self-probing tool (The Register)
2017-02-22 08:08

Wickr, the encrypted messaging app, finally goes open source (ZDNet)
2017-02-15 21:07

Open source cybersecurity framework for the automotive industry (Help Net Security)
2017-01-18 14:15

A consortium of researchers announced the development of a universal, free, and open source framework to protect wireless software updates in vehicles. The team issued a challenge to security...

Google Debuts Continuous Fuzzer for Open Source Software (Threatpost)
2016-12-05 20:22

A new Google program OSS-Fuzz is aimed at continuously fuzzing open source software and has already detected over 150 bugs.

R3's Corda Blockchain Platform Goes Open-Source (SecurityWeek)
2016-10-21 11:36

MBRFilter: Cisco open sources tool to protect the Master Boot Record (Help Net Security)
2016-10-20 20:35

Cisco’s Talos research team has open sourced MBRFilter, a tool that aims to prevent a system’s Master Boot Record (MBR) getting overwritten by malware. The latest malware families that use this...

Proliferation of vulnerable open source components creates growing risk (Help Net Security)
2016-10-19 13:30

The continued and persistent use of components in software development is creating systemic risk in our digital infrastructure. A new Veracode report also found that companies achieve accelerated...

Why is Java so insecure? Buggy open source components take the blame (ZDNet)
2016-10-18 13:21