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Asqav
Asqav: Open-source SDK for AI agent governance

AI agents are executing consequential tasks autonomously, often across multiple systems and with little record of what they did or why. Asqav, a Python SDK released under the …

Flatpak
Flatpak 1.16.4 fixes sandbox escape and three other security flaws

Flatpak, a Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, released version 1.16.4, patching four security vulnerabilities. The most severe fix addresses a complete …

OpenSSL
OpenSSL 3.6.2 lands with eight CVE fixes

OpenSSL 3.6.2 patches eight CVEs across a range of components. The project rates the most severe issue in the release as Moderate. What got fixed The release fixes incorrect …

Proton Authenticator
Product showcase: Proton Authenticator is an end-to-end encrypted, open source 2FA app

Proton Authenticator is a free and open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app that generates time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) to help secure online accounts. It is …

Microsoft Agent Governance Toolkit
Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents

AI agents can book travel, execute financial transactions, write and run code, and manage infrastructure without human intervention at each step. Frameworks like LangChain, …

OpenSSH
OpenSSH 10.3 patches five security bugs and drops legacy rekeying support

OpenSSH 10.3 shipped carrying five security fixes alongside feature additions and a set of behavior changes that will break compatibility with older SSH implementations that …

rspamd
Rspamd 4.0.0 ships memory savings, a new scan protocol, and a required migration step

The open-source spam filtering platform Rspamd released version 4.0.0, delivering infrastructure changes across its scan protocol, memory model, hash storage, and …

open-source cybersecurity tools
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …

Linux
SystemRescue 13 updates its kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, adds new recovery tools

Bootable Linux recovery environments occupy a specific niche in the systems administration and incident response toolkit. SystemRescue, an Arch-based live distribution built …

ShipSec Studio
ShipSec Studio brings open-source workflow orchestration to security operations

Security teams have long relied on a mix of shell scripts, cron jobs, and loosely connected tools to chain reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning work together. ShipSec …

Tails
Tails 7.6 ships automatic Tor bridge retrieval and a new password manager

Tails 7.6 is out, and for users operating on networks that block Tor, the most consequential addition is built-in bridge retrieval. The Tor Connection assistant can now detect …

Plumber
Plumber: Open-source scanner of GitLab CI/CD pipelines for compliance gaps

GitLab CI/CD pipelines often accumulate configuration decisions that drift from security baselines over time. Container images get pinned to mutable tags, branches lose …

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