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CSO Online, Tuesday, August 15,2023
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the practice of collecting information from published or otherwise publicly available sources. OSINT operations, whether practiced by IT security pros, malicious hackers, or state-sanctioned intelligence operatives, use advanced techniques to search through the vast haystack of visible data to find the needles they're looking for to achieve their goals.
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The Next Platform, Wednesday, August 2,2023
When you combine the forces of open source and the wide and deep semiconductor experience of legendary chip architect Jim Keller, something interesting is bound to happen. And that is precisely the plan with AI startup and now CPU maker Tenstorrent.
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The Document Foundation, Friday, July 28,2023
LibreOffice 7.5.5 Community, the fifth minor release of the LibreOffice 7.5 line, the volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity, is available from our download page for Windows (Intel/AMD and ARM processors), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux
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HelpNet Security, Tuesday, July 18,2023
Red Siege has developed and made available many open-source tools to help with your penetration testing work. The company plans to continue to support the tools listed below, whether in the form of bug fixes or new features. Give them a try, they're all available on GitHub for free.
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Rezilion, Monday, July 17,2023
One of the biggest threats to software supply chain security is open source software applications and components. Many enterprises and small businesses have come to rely on open source solutions, and they are an important part of IT strategies today. But vulnerabilities in open source software present a risk because they can provide cyber criminals with a way to carry out attacks.
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ZDNet, Monday, July 10,2023
ChatGPT may be dominating AI coverage but If you're super-geeky, you can build your own chatbot using HuggingChat and a few other tools.
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LinuxLinks, Monday, July 10,2023
Google has a firm grip on the desktop. Their products and services are ubiquitous. Don't get us wrong, we're long-standing admirers of many of Google's products and services. They are often high quality, easy to use, and 'free', but there can be downsides of over-reliance on a specific company. For example, there are concerns about their privacy policies, business practices, and an almost insatiable desire to control all of our data, all of the time.
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TecMint, Wednesday, July 5,2023
It is time to share a list of the best free and open-source software I found during the year 2023. Some of these programs may not be new in that they weren't released for the first time in 2023, but they are new and have been helpful to me. It is in the spirit of sharing that I'm writing this article hoping you find some of these programs useful as well.
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HelpNet Security, Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Recon is the initial stage in the penetration testing process. It's a vital phase allowing the tester to understand their target and strategize their moves.
more → Gestalt IT, Friday, June 16,2023
During Cloud Field Day in June, Stephen Foskett sat down with Michael Levan to discuss his contributions to the Kubernetes community as part of the release team.
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LinuxLinks, Tuesday, June 13,2023
Microsoft's stance for decades was that community creation and sharing of communal code (later to be known as free and open source software) represented a direct attack on their business.
more → LinuxLinks, Tuesday, June 13,2023
When knowing is more than half the battle, you need reliable tools. With a limited budget, finding inexpensive - or better yet free - technologies is critical.
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9to5Linux, Monday, June 5,2023
The Document Foundation announced the general availability of LibreOffice 7.5.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 7.5 open-source and free office suite series to fix more bugs, crashes, and other issues.
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Keyfactor, Tuesday, May 30,2023
Fifteen years ago, I had a colleague say to me, 'Open-source software is not free; it means access to the source code.' At the time, we both worked for an open-source software company that sold enterprise features and support for an Apache open-source project.
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DARKReading, Friday, May 26,2023
Improving the security of open source repositories and keeping malicious components out requires a combination of technology and people.
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The Document Foundation, Thursday, May 11,2023
The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 7.4.7 Community, the seventh and last minor release of the LibreOffice 7.4 line, which is approaching the end of life [1]. The new release is immediately available for Windows (Intel and Arm processors), macOS (Apple and Intel processors), and Linux.
more → The Register, Wednesday, May 10,2023
Its 20,000-node cluster uses outdated MariaDB - for very good reasons
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SiliconANGLE , Wednesday, May 10,2023
Open-source computing is facing an inflection point when it comes to enterprise use cases.
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9to5Linux, Friday, May 5,2023
The Document Foundation announced today the release and general availability of LibreOffice 7.5.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 7.5 open-source and free office suite series.
more → VMware News, Wednesday, April 26,2023
Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022, large language models (LLMs) have gone mainstream and are slowly making their way into open source.
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HelpNet Security, Monday, April 24,2023
The lack of visibility into the software supply chain creates an unsustainable cycle of discovering vulnerabilities and weaknesses in software and IT systems, overwhelming organizations, according to Lineaje.
more → TechTalks, April 17th, 2023
Since its release in November, ChatGPT has captured the imagination of the world. People are using it for all kinds of tasks and applications. It has the potential to change popular applications and create new ones.
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sSecurity Planet, April, 6th 2023
Open-source penetration testing tools are freely available software that help pentest teams identify areas of weakness in their systems.
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Tecmint, April 3rd, 2023
Every website on the internet uses HTML language and relies on using an editor to build the website. The HTML editor is a platform to edit and create the website's content.
more → sonatype, March 31st, 2023
Today's software development means building with open source software and its direct and transitive dependencies.
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opensource.com, March 30th, 2023
Penpot is an open source design workspace for designers and developers.
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DARKReading, March 23rd, 2023
Open source software continues to pose a challenge for companies. With the proper security practices, you can reduce your open source risk and manage it.
more → Enterprise Storage Forum, March 23rd, 2023
As data storage needs continue to grow and many organizations move toward software-defined infrastructure, more enterprises are using open source software to meet some of their storage needs. Projects like Hadoop and Ceph have become very common in large enterprises.
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linux Stans, March 20th, 2023
It's well-known that Linux users aren't targeted as frequently by digital threats as users of more popular operating systems. After all, malicious hackers don't bother making specialized viruses for an OS that's used by an overwhelming minority.
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Datamation, March 20th, 2023
Open source companies are, for the purpose of the list below, defined as companies that make significant use of open source software. As you'll see in the list, many of the companies also use proprietary software. Yet still, the companies below can be viewed as major consumers/producers of open source software.
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Datamation, March 15th, 2023
Open source software is a type of software that allows anyone to view the code, and then use the code to contribute to or create other projects. Some examples of open source sites include GitHub, AlternativeTo, and SourceForge.
more → Geekflare, March 10th, 2023
A help desk ticketing system is essential to manage support tickets, whether they are submitted by customers or employees. But what happens if you don't use it?
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Adopting Zero Trust, March 9th, 2023
A bugfix update to the LibreOffice 7.4 office suite series, which will be supported until June 12th, 2023.
more → Adopting Zero Trust, March 9th, 2023
Zero Trust is a fuzzy term with more than a dozen different definitions. Any initial search for Zero Trust leads people to stumble upon technology associated with the concept, but this gives people the wrong impression and sets them off on the wrong foot in their adoption journey.
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Tecmint, March 9th, 2023
Linux is a very popular Operating System used in server, desktop, and mobile computing. Linux platform is the first choice to host Databases, Emails, Applications, and the Web.
more → ITProToday, March 8th, 2023
Endor Labs has outlined 10 risks of open source software, with the use of components with known vulnerabilities being the No. 1 risk.
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DevOps.com, March 6th, 2023
Endor Labs, a provider of a platform for managing open source software, published a report that classifies the top 10 open source software risks of 2023.
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9to5Linux, March 2nd, 2023
This is the first maintenance update to the LibreOffice 7.5 open-source and free office suite series.
more → CSO Online, March 1st, 2023
While open source software is the bedrock of modern software development, it is also the weakest link in the software supply chain, according to a report by Endor Labs.
more → Datamation, March 1st, 2023
Open source software is software that is released under a license that allows companies the right to use, study, change, and distribute the software for any purpose. Open source software can also be developed in a public manner.
more → opensource.com, February 24th, 2023
Take your data out of the hands of proprietary corporations and into your own hands with open source solutions.
more → The Register, February 21st, 2023
While app development is faster and easier, security is still a concern
more → opensource.com, February 20th, 2023
What do you do with a finite amount of time to deal with an infinite number of things that can go wrong?
more → opensource.com, February 18th, 2023
The open source community thrives on the genuine interest in sharing. That's something ChatGPT cannot emulate.
more → Entrust, February 16th, 2023
Like all humans, coders aren't perfect. They're vulnerable, which means the software they create is vulnerable as well. This reality, combined with the persistence and evolving technical skills of threat actors, means that all software, whether it's proprietary or built using open source libraries, is susceptible to attack.
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9to5linux, February 14th, 2023
This release introduces support for importing data from Opera and Vivaldi browsers.
more → ComputerWeekly, February 14th, 2023
Spotify's open source tech lead discusses why open source is failing those whose free time is dedicated to maintaining code
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Virtualization & Cloud Review, February 9th, 2023
The perpetual security problem of using open source software that may contain flaws or vulnerabilities was once again highlighted in an application security study.
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Tecmint, February 7th, 2023
When an operating system such as Linux is running, there are many events happening and processes that run in the background to enable efficient and reliable use of system resources.
more → GEEKFLARE, February 7th, 2023
Having a backup is vital because it safeguards your data and helps you avoid data loss.
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