Open-source software has become a prime target in the escalating wave of cybersecurity threats. As attacks grow more sophisticated, the open-source community is racing to close critical security gaps ...

Chainguard will use AI to protect open-source code. Athena pools open-source users, developers, and maintainers. Others are also using AI to secure open-source code. As Chainguard puts it, "The gap ...

Amid concerns about AI models’ cybersecurity capabilities, OpenAI revealed an improved version of GPT-5.5-Cyber and its “Patch the Planet” initiative to fix open-source software bugs.

Lightwell is a huge effort to safeguard open-source software. IBM and Red Hat are investing in this massive security initiative. We don't yet know how this subscription-based service will work. AI is ...

Open source components continue to cause huge problems for security practitioners, and AIxCC was created to determine whether automation could help close the gap. At DEF CON 33, DARPA announced the ...

Chainguard Inc., a startup that helps developers ensure the open-source code they use is secure, has raised $356 million in fresh funding. The Series D round comes less than a year after the company’s ...

The ease with which developers can integrate third-party open source code has created a security and sustainability crisis, according to a senior executive at edge cloud platform Fastly. Speaking to ...

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the ...

Software companies have a lot of decisions to make as they move through the stages of building a thriving business. Among the many issues to debate is whether or not to open source their technology.