Venture Beast

AUGUST 9, 2021

Application security testing company Checkmarx has acquired Dustico, a company specializing in securing the open source software supply chain. Read More.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s a big year for artificial intelligence, telecom advances, and tools designed to make these emerging technologies safe and transparent, judging from the finalists in the category of Innovation of the Year. Allen Institute for AI is a finalist for its Open Language Model, or OLMo.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 27, 2022

Security provider ARMO releases first fully open-source Kubernetes security platform with $30 million in funding. Read More.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Google has launched a new open source "fuzzing" project called ClusterFuzzLite, based on its existing ClusterFuzz tool. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Open source software is never far away from controversy -- here's a peek at some of the biggest talking points of the past year. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 10, 2021

Open source product analytics provider PostHog has secured $15 million in a round of funding from Y Combinator's Continuity Fund and GV. Read More.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 7, 2021

WhiteSource, a platform that companies such as Microsoft and IBM use to secure their open source software, has raised $75 million. Read More.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 2, 2021

GitLab's Package Hunter is an open source tool that helps developers detect malicious code in open source software components. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 18, 2021

It's difficult to overstate the role of open source in today's world, as it intersects with just about every piece of software and hardware. Read More.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This change is likely due to the prevalence of open source components in new software and rising attacks using open projects as vectors. Read More.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 28, 2021

For the last few weeks, the world of computer security has been turned upside down because of the Log4j vulnerability. VB talked to Brian Behlendorf to understand the depth of this. Read More.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 1, 2022

The Open Source Security Foundation has gained 23 new member organizations as pressure mounts to bolster the software supply chain. Read More.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 11, 2021

Allstar, a new tool released by the Open Source Security Foundation, aims to automatically fix vulnerabilities in open source projects. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 18, 2021

OSS Enterprise is a newsletter from VentureBeat that shines a light on the world of open source software. This is the first edition. Read More.

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Venture Beast

APRIL 22, 2021

Rapid7 announced that it has acquired Velociraptor, an open source platform focused on endpoint monitoring. Read More.

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Venture Beast

AUGUST 4, 2021

Facebook has open-sourced a new library, Winterfell, that aims to bring computational integrity techniques to a wider audience. Read More.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A zero day vulnerability with a "high" severity rating affects Argo CD, an open source developer tool for Kubernetes, Apiiro researchers said. Read More.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Cloud-native security observability platform Deepfence has open-sourced a tool that automatically finds and ranks software vulnerabilities. Read More.

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Open Source Software Software Cloud 85

Venture Beast

MAY 4, 2021

Microsoft's Counterfit toolkit aims to enable security teams to more easily test the robustness of AI systems both in and prior to production. Read More.

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Open Source Microsoft Security Tools 128

Venture Beast

APRIL 9, 2021

Microsoft released CyberBattleSim, an open-source toolkit to let researchers create attack simulations and use AI to develop network defenses. Read More.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

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Venture Beast

JULY 1, 2021

Google and the OpenSSF have introduced a big update to its open source security Scorecards project, including a swathe of new checks. Read More.

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Open Source Google Security Linux 60

Venture Beast

MAY 12, 2021

Snyk has acquired FossID, a startup that develops a software composition analysis tool for open source code. Read More.

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Open Source Software Software Analysis 80

Venture Beast

MARCH 20, 2022

Knowing where your open source originates from is the first step to decreasing exposure, but supply chain attacks are still increasing. Read More.

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Open Source Software Software Enterprise 81

Venture Beast

MARCH 2, 2021

Enterprises continued to embrace open source software through the pandemic, according to a new Red Hat report. Read More.

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Open Source Enterprise Enterprise Software 119

Venture Beast

JUNE 24, 2021

Google has extended its Open Source Vulnerabilities database to incorporate vulnerability data from Go, Rust, Python, and DWF. Read More.

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Venture Beast

MAY 28, 2021

Password breach database Have I Been Pwned is now entirely open source, making good on a promise from its creator Troy Hunt last year. Read More.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Appwrite is the latest in a long line of "open source Firebase alternatives" to secure funding, and today it announced a $10 million raise. Read More.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Google announced today that it will underwrite the salaries for two developers to focus on Linux's fundamental security. Read More.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Project Connected Home over IP — the ambitious attempt to bring together Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance with a unified, open-source smart home platform — has just posted its latest update on the project. door locks, garage doors), safety and security (e.g., Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Sonatype aims to achieve one of the first IPOs in software supply chain security, a fast-growing segment of the application security market. Read More.

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Open Source Security Applications Software 75

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Testsigma pitches itself as an open source test automation platform "for modern developer and quality assurance" teams. Read More.

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Open Source Quality Assurance Software Software 75

Venture Beast

MAY 4, 2022

Appwrite has launched a dedicated fund to support open source project maintainers, following shortly after its recent $27 million fundraise. Read More.

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Open Source Software Development Software Software 70

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Aiven, a provider of managed services for open source data infrastructure projects, has raised $60 million at a $2 billion valuation. Read More.

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Open Source Data Web Services Enterprise 68

Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A look at some of the inherent challenges and benefits of vendor-led vs community-driven open source software. Read More.

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Open Source Software Software Big Data 72

Venture Beast

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The Linux Foundation has received a cross-industry $10 million annual commitment to secure the software supply chain. Read More.

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Open Source Security Linux Software 73

Venture Beast

AUGUST 12, 2021

Facebook, Google, & Microsoft have formed the eBPF Foundation to redefine networking, security, tracing, and observability. Read More.

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