Security News

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...

Mirai “internet of things” malware from Krebs DDoS attack goes open source (Naked Security)
2016-10-05 13:08

Seems that the recent mega-DDoS against cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs came from insecure routers, cameras, even printers.

OpenChain Project: Best practices for an ecosystem of open source software compliance (Help Net Security)
2016-10-05 12:30

Yesterday at LinuxCon in Berlin, The Linux Foundation announced that the OpenChain Project has established its first set of requirements and best practices for consistent free and open source...

Arduino’s new open source kit makes creating IoT devices easy (Help Net Security)
2016-09-30 17:09

The Arduino team is using Kickstarter to crowdfund their latest project: the ESLOV IoT Invention Kit. ESLOV is a system of intelligent modules that can be connected in an endless variety of ways,...

Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows (Threatpost)
2016-09-27 16:24

Facebook finished porting its SQL-powered detection tool, osquery, to Windows this week.

HDDCryptor Leverages Open Source Tools to Encrypt MBR (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-22 13:34

HDDCryptor ransomware uses open source tools to thoroughly own systems (Help Net Security)
2016-09-20 16:59

HDDCryptor (aka Mamba) is a particularly destructive piece of ransomware that encrypts files in mounted drives and network shares, locks the computers’ hard disk, and overwrites their boot disk...

Running in Front of the Open Source Parade (SecurityWeek)
2016-09-01 12:25

Critical Vulnerabilities Affect Open Source Base Transceiver Stations (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-26 04:22

Need a tamper-proof, encrypted PC? The portable, open-source ORWL could be what you're looking for (ZDNet)
2016-08-19 13:06