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Xen Cloud Platform 1.6 released
Xen Cloud Platform is a virtualization platform for companies to create and manage virtual infrastructures for servers, desktops and clouds. XCP 1.6 strengthens its server …
ForgeRock launches open source stack to secure applications and services
ForgeRock announced availability of an open source stack to secure applications and services across enterprise, cloud, social and mobile environments. With more than 250K …
Coverity Security Library released on GitHub
Coverity announced the creation of the Coverity Security Library, an open source project available through GitHub and Maven to help developers easily fix cross-site scripting …
Open source NAC system PacketFence 3.6 released
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, free and open source network access control (NAC) system. Among the features provided by PacketFence, there are: BYOD (Bring Your …
ModSecurity 2.7.0 released
ModSecurity makes full HTTP transaction logging possible, allowing complete requests and responses to be logged. Its logging facilities also allow fine-grained decisions to be …
Whonix: Anonymous operating system
Whonix is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Ubuntu GNU/Linux and Tor. By Whonix design, IP and DNS leaks are impossible. Not even malware …
Pen-testing Cookie Cadger continues where Firesheep left off
When the Firesheep extension was revealed to the world in late 2010, its developer said that his main goal was to get sites to switch to full end-to-end encryption, i.e. SSL. …
Oracle releases MySQL 5.6 RC
Oracle announced the availability of the Release Candidate for MySQL 5.6, the popular open source database. MySQL 5.6 RC provides enhanced linear scalability, helping users to …
Mozilla launches its privacy-friendly website login system
Remember Mozilla’s introduction of the BrowserID browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users? Well, the login system that was created a …
OpenStack Folsom adds network automation and Hyper-V support
OpenStack Folsom, the sixth release of the open source cloud computing platform, saw a 65 percent increase in contributors, as well as the addition of Networking and Block …
Open source self-service cloud portal
ScaleXtreme released free open source software for companies to build internal cloud dashboards and self-service portals for developers and other end-users. The technology …
Malicious phpMyAdmin served from SourceForge mirror
A malicious version of the open source Web-based MySQL database administration tool phpMyAdmin has been discovered on one of the official mirror sites of SourceForge, the …