open source

SquirrelMail opens users to remote code execution

April 25, 2017

Users of open source webmail software SquirrelMail are open to remote code execution due to a bug (CVE-2017-7692) discovered independently by two researchers. “If the …

Top-ranked programming Web tutorials introduce vulnerabilities into software

April 21, 2017

Researchers from several German universities have checked the PHP codebases of over 64,000 projects on GitHub, and found 117 vulnerabilities that they believe have been …

Organizations are not effectively dealing with open source security threats

April 20, 2017

Black Duck conducts hundreds of open source code audits annually, primarily related to Merger & Acquisition transactions. Its Center for Open Source Research & …

Intel’s CHIPSEC can detect CIA’s OS X rootkit

March 13, 2017

As details about CIA’s hacking capabilities and tools are, bit by bit, popping to the surface, companies are trying to offer users some piece of mind. In the wake of …

Apache servers under attack through easily exploitable Struts 2 flaw

March 9, 2017

A critical vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 is being actively and heavily exploited, even though the patch for it has been released on Monday. System administrators are …

Stethoscope spurs employees to implement better security practices

February 22, 2017

Every now and then, Netflix open sources some of the security tools created by its coders. The latest example of this is Stethoscope, a web application that collects …

Secure messaging app Wickr opens core crypto protocol to review

February 16, 2017

Wickr, the San Francisco-based company that’s behind the secure ephemeral messaging app of the same name, has published the core crypto protocol powering both the …

PacketTotal: Free online tool for analyzing packet captures

February 13, 2017

PacketTotal is a free tool for analyzing packet captures that has recently been offered to the infosec community. Available online, the tool is powered by a Python-based …

Facebook and GitHub test new account recovery option

January 31, 2017

Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of …

Encrypted webmail service Lavabit relaunched

January 23, 2017

Lavabit, the secure encrypted webmail service used by Edward Snowden, is back online. Lavabit founder and operator Ladar Levison shut it down in 2013 when the US government …

Kali Linux certification, first official Kali book on the horizon

January 19, 2017

The Kali Linux distribution celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The hugely popular open source project, maintained by Offensive Security, announced today that its new …

Open source cybersecurity framework for the automotive industry

January 18, 2017

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 …