The SolarWinds & Log4j hacks showed open source vulnerabilities. A study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” risk.

At a time when almost all software contains open source code, ... The OSSRA report is based on code audits done in 2022, in which the number of known open source vulnerabilities rose by 4% from 2021.

Concerns about access to source code flared after a series of high-profile cyberattacks on Google Inc and other U.S. companies in 2009 that were blamed on China.

Source code and a private signing key for firmware manufactured by a popular PC hardware maker American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) have been found on an open FTP server hosted in Taiwan.

Data gleaned from an attack on MSI has been released into the wild after it refused to pay a $4 million ransom. The data includes source code for MSI’s firmware and its Intel Boot Guard OEM keys.

If you’re a road-less-traveled kinda geek, then come along as we learn more about Rockbox, an open-source firmware upgrade for […] Rockbox running on a Sansa e280 (photo by Roy Wood) Save this ...

On Friday, a Twitter user named 'freak' posted links to what was said to be the source code for Intel Alder Lake's UEFI firmware, which they claim was released by 4chan.

Today, open-source software underpins almost everything: A whopping 97% of applications leverage open-source code, and 90% of companies are applying or using it in some way. GitHub alone had 413 ...