Companies are treating these repositories like content delivery networks - now the Linux Foundation and colleagues are saying ...

Project Glasswing scans open-source code for vulnerabilities. But open source was already the most scrutinized software on earth. The real exposure is everywhere else ...

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source utility XZ Utils, which is used in virtually all Linux operating systems. The ...

Two of the scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize for cracking the code of proteins’ intricate structures relied, in part, on a series of computing models that anyone with a computer and the right ...

In Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, a cynic is described as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" while a sentimentalist is "a man who sees an absurd value in ...

What’s Next for Open Source Software Security in 2025? Your email has been sent Hidden dependencies, social engineering attacks, and the complexity of foundation models can all contribute tothe ...

New Linux Foundation initiative convenes registry leaders to develop shared approaches to funding, governance, and long-term ecosystem resilience.

In the first five months of 2026, security researchers have flagged more malicious packages on the npm registry than in all ...

Open-source software development has followed the same cycle for decades: passionate developers create innovative tools that attract the attention of large companies. Then, as companies adopt these ...

Major operating systems sometimes leave out features users love. That's where these free, open-source app selections come in ...