Security News

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.

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...

New Linksys WRT3200ACM open source Wi-Fi router is optimization ready (Help Net Security)
2016-10-14 13:00

Linksys announced the next generation of its one and only WRT router – the WRT3200ACM. It features Tri-Stream 160 technology creating the fastest Dual Band router available and MU-MIMO technology...

Week in review: Security fatigue, open source jobs, and compromised online shops (Help Net Security)
2016-10-10 12:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: 100+ online shops compromised with payment data-stealing code Since March 2016 (and possibly even earlier), someone...

Open source jobs: Insights from European professionals (Help Net Security)
2016-10-07 19:31

The 2016 Open Source Jobs Report released earlier this year by Dice and The Linux Foundation analyzed trends for open source careers and the motivations of professionals in the industry. Now, the...