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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

The Verge

A developer appears to have purposefully corrupted a pair of open-source libraries on GitHub and software registry npm — “ faker.js ” and “ colors.js ” — that thousands of users depend on, rendering any project that contains these libraries useless, as reported by Bleeping Computer. million weekly downloads on npm, and color.js

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Over 144,000 Phishing Packages Posted to Open-Source Repositories

SecureWorld News

Security researchers at Checkmarx and Illustria recently discovered a campaign in which a threat actor(s) managed to post over 144,000 phishing packages to popular open source platforms, including NPM, PyPi, and NuGet. The descriptions for these packages contained links to phishing campaigns.

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Secure Your eBooks: Top ePUB DRM Solutions Unveiled

Kitaboo

Collaborating with digital textbook platforms like KITABOO empowers content creators to explore eBook security and ePUB DRM Solutions. DRM systems are software solutions that protect online content from unauthorized sharing and downloading. Table of Contents: I. What is the Meaning of Digital Rights Management DRM?

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Lazarus APT Continues to Exploit Log4j Vulnerability

SecureWorld News

Log4j is a widely-used open source Java logging library, and the vulnerability allowed threat actors to execute remote code on servers, potentially leading to unauthorized access and data breaches. The campaign, ongoing since March 2023, has targeted manufacturing, agricultural, and physical security entities globally.

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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These products can be downloaded and deployed on your own hardware, on a virtual platform, or in the cloud. Many of them sell pre-configured appliances as well.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

Network World

Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS. We reviewed five products: ClearOS, DD-WRT, pfSense, Untangle and ZeroShell.

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New White Paper, “The Public Sector Improves Security and Efficiency with Hadoop”, Available in Research Library

CTOvision

A white paper has been added to the CTOVision Research Library which showcases several use cases for improving security and efficiency for government agencies using Hadoop. You can download this white paper by clicking here. By Charles Hall. Interested in using Hadoop in the federal space? IT Efficiency.