Security News

Apple's Swift programming language is now open source (Help Net Security)
2015-12-04 08:19

Apple announced that its Swift programming language is now open source. Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language that gives developers the freedom and capabilities they need to create th...

Snyk open source vulnerability database with advisories and patches is now public (Reddit)
2015-12-03 07:37

Being Thankful for Open Source Software (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2015-11-30 22:08

FAKBEN Team Ransomware Uses Open Source Hidden Tear Code (Reddit)
2015-11-25 21:05

stoQ: An open source framework for enterprise level automated analysis (Reddit)
2015-11-20 13:06

Open source Twittor tool can control botnets via Direct Messages (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 08:56

A security researcher has created a tool that allows botnet masters to control their botnet by simply sending out commands via Twitter accounts. "I mostly wanted to create a PoC after Twitter decid...

Let's Encrypt wants to use open source to simplify the security certificate process (TechRepublic)
2015-11-12 23:20

Open source tool checks for vulnerabilities on Android devices (Help Net Security)
2015-11-04 07:06

OEMs like Samsung and HTC run heavily customized versions of Android. Unfortunately, the OEM patch deployment infrastructure is disorganized and too often end users are left exposed for large periods ...

Open source KeeFarce tool loots encrypted passwords stored in KeePass (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 12:19

Denis Andzakovic, a hacker and researcher with New Zealand-based security consultancy Security-Assessment.com, has released the source code for KeeFarce, a tool that can export all information stored ...

Introducing TAP - An Open-Source Attack Platform (Reddit)
2015-10-29 17:36