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Open-Source Software Community Rocked by a Sophisticated Backdoor in XZ Utils

IT Toolbox

Late last month, a Microsoft engineer who volunteers for RDBMS PostgreSQL caught what is described as one of “the best executed supply chain attack we’ve seen described in the open.” The post Open-Source Software Community Rocked by a Sophisticated Backdoor in XZ Utils appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Linux 6.5 is a smooth-sailing upgrade for the open-source kernel

TechSpot

Linus Torvalds announced on Sunday that the work on Linux 6.5 The outspoken Finnish software engineer who brought the Free Open Source kernel to the world said that he did not find any valid excuse to delay the new release, which has been going smoothly because programmers. is now complete. Read Entire Article

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Linux Foundation launches open source agriculture infrastructure project

Venture Beast

The Linux Foundation has launched AgStack, a new open source digital infrastructure project aimed at the agriculture industry. Read More.

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Telcos and vendors back open source Project Sylva

TM Forum

Five European operators as well as vendors Ericsson and Nokia have thrown their weight behind a new open source networking project that aims to create a cloud software framework to “reduce the infrastructure fragmentation” in Europe. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Vodafone are all backing.

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The Linux Foundation announces collective to enhance open source software security

Tech Republic Security

The newly formed Open Source Security Foundation includes titans in technology such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and more.

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Open source API gateway KrakenD lands at the Linux Foundation

Venture Beast

The Linux Foundation has added open source API gateway KrakenD to its arsenal of projects, where it will now be known as the Lura Project. Read More.

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Google commits $1M to new Linux Foundation open source security rewards program

Venture Beast

Google is sponsoring Secure Open Source (SOS) Rewards, a new open source security program hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read More.