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Woodpecker: Open-source red teaming for AI, Kubernetes, APIs

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Woodpecker: Open-source red teaming for AI, Kubernetes, APIs 2025-05-28 at 08:17 By Mirko Zorz Woodpecker is an open-source tool that automates red teaming, making advanced security testing easier and more accessible. It helps teams find and fix security weaknesses in AI systems, Kubernetes environments, and APIs before attackers can exploit them. Key features of Woodpecker […]

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: May 2025

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: May 2025 2025-05-28 at 07:03 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Vuls: Open-source agentless vulnerability scanner Vuls is an open-source tool that helps users find and manage security vulnerabilities. It was created

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Ongoing Campaign Uses 60 NPM Packages to Steal Data

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Ongoing Campaign Uses 60 NPM Packages to Steal Data 2025-05-27 at 17:17 By Ionut Arghire Security firm Socket warns flags a campaign targeting NPM users with tens of malicious packages that can hijack system information. The post Ongoing Campaign Uses 60 NPM Packages to Steal Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Vulnerabilities found in NASA’s open source software

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Vulnerabilities found in NASA’s open source software 2025-05-27 at 15:48 By Zeljka Zorz Vulnerabilities in open source software developed and used in-house by NASA could be exploited to breach their systems, claims Leon Juranić, security researcher and founder of cybersecurity startup ThreatLeap. The vulnerabilities Juranić, whose AppSec credentials include founding and leading DefenseCode, is no

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks 2025-05-26 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz LlamaFirewall is a system-level security framework for LLM-powered applications, built with a modular design to support layered, adaptive defense. It is designed to mitigate a wide spectrum of AI agent security risks including jailbreaking and indirect prompt injection,

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AutoPatchBench: Meta’s new way to test AI bug fixing tools

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AutoPatchBench: Meta’s new way to test AI bug fixing tools 2025-05-21 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz AutoPatchBench is a new benchmark that tests how well AI tools can fix code bugs. It focuses on C and C++ vulnerabilities found through fuzzing. The benchmark includes 136 real bugs and their verified fixes, taken from the ARVO

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Trojanized KeePass opens doors for ransomware attackers

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Trojanized KeePass opens doors for ransomware attackers 2025-05-20 at 14:04 By Zeljka Zorz A suspected initial access broker has been leveraging trojanized versions of the open-source KeePass password manager to set the stage for ransomware attacks, WithSecure researchers have discovered. KeeLoader: Passoword manager that acts as data stealer and malware loader In February 2025, WithSecure’s

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux goes open source

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux goes open source 2025-05-20 at 12:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft has officially open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), closing the very first issue ever filed on the Microsoft/WSL GitHub repository: “Will this be open source?” WSL allows developers to run unmodified Linux command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly on

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Containers are just processes: The illusion of namespace security

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Containers are just processes: The illusion of namespace security 2025-05-20 at 08:31 By Help Net Security In the early days of commercial open source, major vendors cast doubt on its security, claiming transparency was a flaw. In fact, that openness fueled strong communities and faster security improvements, making OSS often more secure than proprietary code.

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Hanko: Open-source authentication and user management

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Hanko: Open-source authentication and user management 2025-05-19 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Hanko is an open-source, API-first authentication solution purpose-built for the passwordless era. “We focus on helping developers and organizations modernize their authentication flows by migrating users towards passkeys, while still supporting all common authentication methods like email/password, MFA, OAuth, as well as SAML

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Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support

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Nobara Linux 42 brings performance boost and better hardware support 2025-05-14 at 12:08 By Help Net Security The Nobara Project has released a new version of its Linux distribution, bringing updated packages, performance improvements, and a few visual tweaks aimed at making life easier for users who want a system that works well out of

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Cerbos: Open-source, scalable authorization solution

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Cerbos: Open-source, scalable authorization solution 2025-05-14 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Cerbos is an open-source solution designed to simplify and modernize access control for cloud-native, microservice-based applications. Instead of hardcoding authorization logic into your application, Cerbos lets you write flexible, context-aware access policies using a YAML syntax. These policies are managed separately from your

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SPIRE: Toolchain of APIs for establishing trust between software systems

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SPIRE: Toolchain of APIs for establishing trust between software systems 2025-05-12 at 08:00 By Help Net Security SPIRE is a graduated project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It’s a production-ready implementation of the SPIFFE APIs that handles node and workload attestation to securely issue SVIDs to workloads and verify the SVIDs of other

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Analyze resource-based policy dependencies across your AWS Organizations accounts

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Analyze resource-based policy dependencies across your AWS Organizations accounts 2025-05-09 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Managing multiple AWS accounts in an organization can get complicated, especially when trying to understand how services and permissions are connected. The Account Assessment for AWS Organizations open-source tool helps simplify this process by giving you a central place

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Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enforcement detection

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Autorize: Burp Suite extension for automatic authorization enforcement detection 2025-05-07 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Autorize is an open-source Burp Suite extension that checks if users can access things they shouldn’t. It runs automatic tests to help security testers find authorization problems. Autorize installation To use Autorize, you’ll need Burp Suite and Jython. Here’s

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Vuls: Open-source agentless vulnerability scanner

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Vuls: Open-source agentless vulnerability scanner 2025-05-05 at 07:33 By Help Net Security Vuls is an open-source tool that helps users find and manage security vulnerabilities. It was created to solve the daily problems admins face when trying to keep servers secure. Many administrators choose not to use automatic software updates because they want to avoid

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: April 2025

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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: April 2025 2025-05-01 at 08:36 By Help Net Security This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints GoSearch is an open-source OSINT tool built to uncover digital footprints linked to

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Villain: Open-source framework for managing and enhancing reverse shells

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Villain: Open-source framework for managing and enhancing reverse shells 2025-04-30 at 08:04 By Mirko Zorz Villain is an open-source Stage 0/1 command-and-control (C2) framework designed to manage multiple reverse TCP and HoaxShell-based shells. Beyond simply handling connections, Villain enhances these shells with added functionality, offering commands and utilities, and allowing for shell sessions sharing across

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Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems

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Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems 2025-04-28 at 15:32 By Industry News Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS, an open-source embedded Linux distribution made to simplify the way developers build complex embedded systems. Avocado OS focuses on delivering a smooth developer experience while offering security,

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Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation

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Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation 2025-04-23 at 17:20 By Ryan Naraine The cash infusion brings Chainguard’s total funding to about $612 million since launching in 2021 and prices the company at $3.5 billion. The post Chainguard Raises Hefty $356M Series D at $3.5 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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