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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS released, delivers enterprise-grade security
Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now generally available, featuring significant leaps forward in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and …
The state of open-source software supply chain security in 2022
In this video for Help Net Security, Donald Fischer, CEO at Tidelift, talks about the state of open-source software supply chain security in 2022. Open source is the modern …
Challenges development teams face when building applications with open source
Tidelift released a report providing critical insights into the state and practice of open source software supply chain management. This comprehensive study of nearly 700 …
81% of codebases contain known open source vulnerabilities
Synopsys released a report which examines the results of more than 2,400 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases from merger and acquisition transactions, and …
The state of open source security in 2022
In this video for Help Net Security, Kurt Seifried, Chief Blockchain Officer and Director of Special Projects at Cloud Security Alliance, talks about the state of open source …
What you need to look out for when installing packages from public repositories
In this Help Net Security video, Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, talks about the risks posed by malicious open source packages. Malicious packages can harm …
Cloud-native adoption shifts security responsibility across teams
Styra released a research report which explores how in sync, or misaligned, IT leaders and developers are when it comes to cloud-native technology use and security during …
The Linux Foundation’s Census of OSS app libraries helps prioritize security work
The Linux Foundation announced the final release of “Census II of Free and Open Source Software – Application Libraries,” which identifies more than one thousand of the …
Software supply chain security still a pain point
ActiveState announced the results of its survey, providing insights into the security challenges of the software industry’s open source supply chain, which includes the …
Kali Linux 2022.1 released: New tools, kali-linux-everything, visual changes
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.1, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. Visually refreshed and with improved usability …
Samba bug may allow code execution as root on Linux machines, NAS devices (CVE-2021-44142)
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44142) in Samba, a widely used open source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) networking protocol, could allow attackers to …
Open-source code: How to stay secure while moving fast
Open source has transformed the software world, tremendously reducing the cost of introducing new technology by enabling broad reuse across products and industries. However, …
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