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Arlo: An open source post-election auditing tool

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is teaming up with election officials and their private sector partners to develop and pilot an open source …

GitHub
GitHub Security Lab aims to make open source software more secure

GitHub, the world’s largest open source code repository and leading software development platform, has launched GitHub Security Lab. “Our team will lead by …

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VisibleV8: Stealthy open source tool for monitoring JavaScript in the wild

An open source tool that allows users to track and record the behavior of JavaScript programs without alerting the websites that run those programs has been developed at North …

IoT
New data analysis approach could strengthen the security of IoT devices

A multi-pronged data analysis approach that can strengthen the security of IoT devices, such as smart TVs, home video cameras and baby monitors, against current risks and …

Critical command execution vulnerability in iTerm2 patched, upgrade ASAP!

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-9535) in iTerm2, a macOS terminal emulator frequently used by developers and system administrators, could allow attackers to take control of …

digital transformation
Digital transformation requires an aggressive approach to security

Organizations agree, building security into digital transformation initiatives is a priority, yet the recommended path to progress is unclear, according to a survey conducted …

DevOps
The use of open source software in DevOps has become strategic for organizations of all sizes

A higher percentage of top performing teams in enterprise organizations are using open source software, according to a survey conducted by DevOps Research and Assessment …

tools
Sandboxie becomes freeware, soon-to-be open source

Sophos plans to open source Sandboxie, a relatively popular Windows utility that allows users to run applications in a sandbox. Until that happens, they’ve made the …

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The rise of modern applications, DevSecOps and the intelligence economy

There has been a significant year-over-year growth in enterprise usage trends around multi-cloud adoption, open source technologies such as Kubernetes, and AWS cloud-native …

Google
Google’s differential privacy library can now be used by anyone

Google has open-sourced a differential privacy library that helps power some of its core products. What it differential privacy? Differential privacy is a method for analyzing …

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New cross-industry consortium aims to accelerate confidential computing adoption

The Linux Foundation announced the intent to form the Confidential Computing Consortium, a community dedicated to defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential …

VLC users urged to implement latest security update

VLC, the popular cross-platform media player, has reached version 3.0.8, which fixes over a dozen security vulnerabilities, some of which could be exploited by attackers to …

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