Security Leftovers
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Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by Arch Linux (ffmpeg, libjcat, mbedtls, tcpreplay, and wireshark-cli), Debian (ark, evolution-data-server, libjpeg-turbo, libopenmpt, libpam-radius-auth, libphp-phpmailer, libssh, ruby-zip, thunderbird, and transmission), Fedora (chromium, clamav, claws-mail, evolution-data-server, freerdp, glibc, java-latest-openjdk, nspr, and nss), Gentoo (libsndfile, pycrypto, python, snmptt, thunderbird, and webkit-gtk), Mageia (botan2, chocolate-doom, cloud-init, dnsmasq, freerdp/remmina, gssdp/gupnp, java-1.8.0-openjdk, matio, microcode, nasm, openjpeg2, pcre2, php-phpmailer, redis, roundcubemail, ruby-rack, thunderbird, virtualbox, and xerces-c), openSUSE (claws-mail, ldb, and libraw), Oracle (firefox), Red Hat (bind, grub2, kernel-rt, libvncserver, nss and nspr, and qemu-kvm-rhev), Scientific Linux (firefox), Slackware (thunderbird), and SUSE (firefox, kernel, and targetcli-fb).
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The 9 Best Cross-Platform Password Managers
Bitwarden open-source password manager comes at no cost and rated as the best password manager. It provides a multi device sync option and unlimited passwords. Its free version helps in saving identities, credit cards and notes.
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Linux Foundation announces new initiative to secure open-source software
The Linux Foundation said today it’s presiding over a new foundation that brings some of the world’s most important open-source security initiatives under a new umbrella.
The newly launched Open Source Security Foundation will host security projects such as the Core Infrastructure Initiative, which was set up in response to the infamous Heartbleed vulnerability discovered in the Open SSL protocol in 2014, and the Open Source Security Coalition, founded by GitHub Inc.’s Security Lab in 2019.
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Technology and Enterprise Leaders Combine Efforts to Improve Open Source Security
The Linux Foundation, today announced the formation of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the security of open source software (OSS) by building a broader community with targeted initiatives and best practices. It combines efforts from the Core Infrastructure Initiative, GitHub’s Open Source Security Coalition and other open source security work from founding governing board members GitHub, Google, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, NCC Group, OWASP Foundation and Red Hat, among others. Additional founding members include ElevenPaths, GitLab, HackerOne, Intel, Okta, Purdue, SAFECode, StackHawk, Trail of Bits, Uber and VMware.
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OpenSSF Launches To Improve Open-Source Software Security
OpenSSF Launches To Improve Open-Source Software Security
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Uniting for better open-source security: The Open Source Security Foundation
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Linux Foundation announces Open Source Security Foundation
The Linux Foundation announces collective...
The Linux Foundation announces collective to enhance open source software security
New Open Source Security Foundation...
New Open Source Security Foundation wants to improve open source software security
"Microsoft is a founding member"
Open Source Security Foundation Joined by Microsoft and Others To Improve Linux Software [Ed: The Linux Foundation isn't about Linux anymore and it isn't about security either (but NSA back doors]
Open Source Security Foundation Launched To Improve OSS Security
Open Source Security Foundation Launched To Improve OSS Security
New Open Source Initiative Consolidates Security Goals
New Open Source Initiative Consolidates Security Goals [Ed: This initiatives was founded by companies that put back doors in everything, so only fools and crackpots would believe it's about genuine security rather than domination]
Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security
Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security
OpenSSF Formed to Improve [sic] Security
OpenSSF Formed to Improve Security of Open Source Software
Red Hat, IBM, Google, Microsoft join group focusing...
Red Hat, IBM, Google, Microsoft join group focusing on open source security
Linux Foundation to improve open-source security...
Linux Foundation to improve open-source security with new initiative
Data Center Knowledge
New Foundation Aims to Tighten Security Across the Open Source Ecosystem