One-third of dev professionals unfamiliar with secure coding practices

Attackers consistently discover and exploit software vulnerabilities, highlighting the increasing importance of robust software security, according to OpenSSF and the Linux Foundation. Despite this, many developers lack the essential knowledge and skil… Continue reading One-third of dev professionals unfamiliar with secure coding practices

Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server

Authelia is an open-source authentication and authorization server that offers 2FA and SSO for applications through a web portal. It works alongside reverse proxies to permit, deny, or redirect requests. Authelia connects directly to the reverse proxy … Continue reading Authelia: Open-source authentication and authorization server

Establishing a security baseline for open source projects

In this Help Net Security interview, Dana Wang, Chief Architect at OpenSSF, discusses the most significant barriers to improving open-source software security (OSS security) and opportunities for overcoming these challenges. The OpenSSF community has d… Continue reading Establishing a security baseline for open source projects

New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

The OpenJS Foundation has headed off a “credible takeover attempt” similar to the one that resulted in a backdoor getting included in the open-source XZ Utils package by someone who called themselves “Jia Tan”. This malicious ma… Continue reading New open-source project takeover attacks spotted, stymied

OpenSSF Warns of Fake Maintainers Targeting JavaScript Projects

By Deeba Ahmed
Alarming social engineering attacks target critical open-source projects! Learn how to protect your project and the open-source community from takeovers.
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Transitioning to memory-safe languages: Challenges and considerations

In this Help Net Security interview, Omkhar Arasaratnam, General Manager at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), discusses the evolution of memory-safe programming languages and their emergence in response to the limitations of languages like… Continue reading Transitioning to memory-safe languages: Challenges and considerations

Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security

Malicious software packages are found on public software repositories such as GitHub, PyPI and the npm registry seemingly every day. Attackers use a number of tricks to fool developers or systems into downloading them, or they simply compromise the pac… Continue reading Securing software repositories leads to better OSS security

White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure

The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a major two-year competition using AI to protect the United States’ most important software, such as code that helps run the internet and critical infrastructure. The AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) will challeng… Continue reading White House launches AI Cyber Challenge to make software more secure

Popular generative AI projects pose serious security threat

Many popular generative AI projects are an increased security threat and open-source projects that utilize insecure generative AI and LLMs also have poor security posture, resulting in an environment with substantial risk for organizations, according t… Continue reading Popular generative AI projects pose serious security threat