A department builds something new (all too often something that already exists) puts the code in a public GitHub repository, ...

The Open Source Security Foundation today launched its Malicious Packages Repository, an open-source system for collecting and publishing cross-ecosystem reports of malicious packages. Claimed to be ...

Aegis Authenticator is open source with a public codebase. With closed-source options like Google or Microsoft Authenticator, there is no way to verify how encryption is implemented or how and where ...

In comments directed to National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, regarding the proposed 2015-2020 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, Premier healthcare alliance urged the requirement of open source ...

Microsoft open sourced the inline suggestions system in VS Code, marking the second milestone in its plan to build an ...

With more organisations tapping open source codes in their own applications, they will need to be able to work through the complexities of such environments with automation tools so they can quickly ...

Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

It is a universal truth of human nature that the developers who build the code should not be the ones to test it. First of all, most of them pretty much detest that task. Second, like any good ...

IT organizations that feel safe from open source licensing violations might be wise to check their code, as open source components are rapidly seeping into applications by way of offshore and in-house ...

Microsoft announced today that it has open sourced the code for the first three Zork text adventure games along with their ...

The U.S. military routinely engages in red-teaming—searching for weaknesses in its war plans—by having its own members role-play as adversaries. Software security researchers also red-team, using the ...