A year after its original launch, a U.S. government-backed project that scans open-source code for flaws is expanding. "This allows open-source developers to find and resolve defects introduced into ...

Open source projects, ran by individuals and teams of developers worldwide, are relied upon by everything from enterprise players to SMBs. Open source components are stored and shared publicly, and ...

As the bug bounty programs begin to roll out in January, security experts worry that the programs miss the mark on truly securing open source projects. The European Commission in January is funding 14 ...

Google plans to pay out cash rewards for information on vulnerabilities discovered in any of its open source projects as part of an ongoing effort to improve the security of open source code. The new ...

Programming bugs almost always make their way into production code through some inadvertent way. This time it is Kickstarter who has found a flaw in some of its code. This bug allowed access to 70,000 ...