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Offensive Security releases Win-KeX 2.0, packed with new features
Win-KeX provides a Kali Desktop Experience for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2), and version 2.0 comes with useful features. Win-KeX 2.0 features Win-KeX SL (Seamless …

Microsoft open-sources tool that enables continuous developer-driven fuzzing
Microsoft has open-sourced OneFuzz, its own internal continuous developer-driven fuzzing platform, allowing developers around the world to receive fuzz testing results …

Plan for change but don’t leave security behind
COVID-19 has upended the way we do all things. In this interview, Mike Bursell, Chief Security Architect at Red Hat, shares his view of which IT security changes are ongoing …

Popular Android apps are rife with cryptographic vulnerabilities
Columbia University researchers have released Crylogger, an open source dynamic analysis tool that shows which Android apps feature cryptographic vulnerabilities. They also …

RedCommander: Open source tool for red teaming exercises
GuidePoint Security released a new open source tool that enables a red team to easily build out the necessary infrastructure. The RedCommander tool solves a major challenge …

Swap Detector: Open source tool for detecting API usage errors
GrammaTech has released Swap Detector, an open source tool that enables developers and DevOps teams to identify errors due to swapped function arguments, which can also be …

Kali Linux 2020.3 released: A new shell and a Bluetooth Arsenal for NetHunter
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.3, the latest iteration of the popular open source penetration testing platform. You can download it or upgrade to it. Kali …

Surge in cyber attacks targeting open source software projects
There has been a massive 430% surge in next generation cyber attacks aimed at actively infiltrating open source software supply chains, Sonatype has found. Rise of next-gen …

Open source tool Infection Monkey allows security pros to test their network like never before
Guardicore unveiled new capabilities for Infection Monkey, its free, open source breach and attack simulation (BAS) tool that maps to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base and …

PE Tree: Free open source tool for reverse-engineering PE files
PE Tree, a malware reverse-engineering, open source tool developed by the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence team, has been made available for free to the cybersecurity …

New Open Source Security Foundation wants to improve open source software security
The Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the …

Bug in widely used bootloader opens Windows, Linux devices to persistent compromise
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713) in the widely used GRUB2 bootloader opens most Linux and Windows systems in use today to persistent compromise, Eclypsium researchers have …
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