Recently, cybersecurity specialist ESET discovered a series of malicious Python projects within PyPI, each of which deployed a customized backdoor containing cyberespionage functionality.

Despite more than 50% of all open source code being written in memory-unsafe languages like C++, we are unlikely to see a massive overhaul to codebases anytime soon.

More suspicious attempts to take over open source projects, a data theft at a Cisco Duo partner, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, April 17, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon. The ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws.