Collaborate Disseminate
Spying used to be all about secrets. Increasingly, it’s about what’s hiding in plain sight [non-paywalled link] . From a report: A staggering amount of data, from Facebook posts and YouTube clips to location pings from mobile phones and car apps, sits … Continue reading Open-Source Intelligence Challenges CIA, NSA, Spy Agencies
I am in the process of creating a Python pipeline intended for reading and processing sensitive medical personal data from password-protected Excel files. The pipeline utilizes the msoffcrypto library, specifically the OfficeFile.load_key … Continue reading Assessing the Implications of Using msoffcrypto for Open Sourcing a Medical Data Processing Pipeline
In 2003, Hans Reiser answered questions from Slashdot’s readers…
Today Wikipedia describes Hans Reiser as “a computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer… Prior to his incarceration, Reiser created the ReiserFS computer file system, … Continue reading Hans Reiser Sends a Letter From Prison
25 years ago, Slashdot’s CmdrTaco posted an announcement from Slashdot reader #257. “Jabber is a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other Instant Messaging sy… Continue reading Jabber Was Announced on Slashdot 25 Years Ago This Week
I am searching for cybersecurity vulnerability management open-source tools. I’ve found:
Zeek
NetworkMiner
Arkime
GRASSMARLIN
Malcolm
to potentially meet my criteria above. Am I right?
Continue reading Open-source Vulnerability Management Tools [closed]
TechCrunch argues that in 2023, “established technologies relied on by millions hit a chaos curve, making people realize how beholden they are to a proprietary platform they have little control over.”
The OpenAI fiasco in November, where the ChatGPT h… Continue reading 2023 and ‘the Eternal Struggle Between Proprietary and Open Source Software’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Bruce Perens, one of the founders of the Open Source movement, is ready for what comes next: the Post-Open Source movement. “I’ve written papers about it, and I’ve tried to put together a prototype… Continue reading What Comes After Open Source? Bruce Perens Is Working On It
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Two years after the Log4Shell vulnerability in the open source Java-based Log4j logging utility was disclosed, circa one in four applications are dependent on outdated libraries, leaving them open … Continue reading Study Shows 38% of Java Apps Still Affected By Log4Shell
Linux magazine interviewed an AlmaLinux official about what happened after their distro pivoted to binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux rather than being a downstream build:
Linux Magazine: What prompted AlmaLinux to choose ABI over 1:1… Continue reading How AlmaLinux’s Community Supported RHEL Binary Compatibility
Liam Proven reports via The Register: One of the best FOSS text editors for Windows, Notepad++, is turning 20, while cross platform Geany just hit version 2.0 as it turns 18 years old. Notepad++’s version 8.6 is the twentieth anniversary release of one… Continue reading Veteran Editors Notepad++ and Geany Hit Milestone Versions