October 24, 2016

R3 Corda Platform Is Open Sourced to the HyperLedger Effort

2 min read - Corda is a blockchain platform that does not use the typical format, such as the one used in bitcoin. Developed by financial firm R3, Corda is a distributed ledger platform used to differentiate the technology it uses from that of…

August 26, 2016

BTS Stations Are at Risk, Researchers Find

2 min read - BTS stations that run on the most popular open source BTS software are vulnerable to cyberattacks because they share the same transceiver code base.

Mainframe August 5, 2016

Protecting Your Network Through Understanding DNS Requests

3 min read - Sometimes it just takes a little common sense and knowledge of your system log files and the DNS requests contained therein to detect a data breach.

Risk Management February 19, 2016

Five Free Risk Management Tools That Can Add Value to Your Security Program

4 min read - Here are five areas where free, open-source risk management tools can be of service to help your enterprise further its security efforts.

Software Vulnerabilities February 4, 2016

Custom and Open Source Code: A New Approach to Application Security Management

3 min read - Using open-source components can put application security at risk, but the efforts of a partnership between IBM and Black Duck could change that.

December 29, 2015

Joomla Security: Big Hits for New Vulnerability

2 min read - A recently discovered Joomla security vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to score some big hits against organizations and their servers.

October 26, 2015

Joomla’s Latest Release Fixes SQL Injection Flaw That Put 2.8 Million Sites at Risk

2 min read - The makers of Joomla have moved quickly to patch a hole that allowed cybercriminals to execute SQL injection attacks in the content management system.

September 17, 2015

Free HTTPS? Let’s Encrypt Rolls Out Its First Digital Certificate

2 min read - The organization Let's Encrypt has rolled out its first free digital certificate. What does this mean for HTTPS and cybersecurity?

August 20, 2015

LinuxCon: CII Program Will Give Badges to Open Source Projects With Strong Security

2 min read - Open source projects have gotten a bad rap in security circles thanks to Heartbleed and other flaws, but an industry consortium may change that.

August 18, 2015

Insecure Configuration of MongoDB, Other Databases Could Be Leaking Information

2 min read - A recent report suggested poor configurations of MongoDB, Redis and similar database products may be exposing data to cybercriminals.