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Parrot OS shares its 2026 plans for security tools and platform support

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Parrot OS shares its 2026 plans for security tools and platform support 2026-01-13 at 11:15 By Anamarija Pogorelec Parrot OS is a Debian-based Linux distribution built for cybersecurity work. Security practitioners use it for penetration testing, digital forensics, malware analysis, and privacy-focused research. The operating system bundles security tools, development utilities, and privacy features into […]

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Debian 13.3 is now available with targeted corrections, updates

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Debian 13.3 is now available with targeted corrections, updates 2026-01-12 at 11:41 By Anamarija Pogorelec Debian 13.3 is the third maintenance update for the stable Debian 13 distribution, codenamed “trixie”. It updates package content to address security and other issues reported since the last point update. This release includes more than 100 adjustments and multiple

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pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform

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pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform 2026-01-12 at 08:33 By Sinisa Markovic Firewalls, VPN access, and traffic rules need steady attention, often with limited budgets and staff. In that context, the open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) continues to show up in production environments, supported by a long-standing user community. pfSense CE is the free,

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European Commission opens consultation on EU digital ecosystems

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European Commission opens consultation on EU digital ecosystems 2026-01-09 at 15:44 By Sinisa Markovic The European Commission has opened a public call for evidence on European open digital ecosystems, a step toward a planned Communication that will examine the role of open source in EU’s digital infrastructure. The consultation runs from January 6 to February

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Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them

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Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them 2026-01-09 at 08:34 By Anamarija Pogorelec TrackerControl is an open-source Android application designed to give users visibility into and control over the hidden data within mobile apps. Many apps routinely communicate with third-party services that collect information about usage. TrackerControl makes this activity visible and

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IPFire update brings new network and security features to firewall deployments

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IPFire update brings new network and security features to firewall deployments 2026-01-08 at 10:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security and operations teams often work with firewall platforms that require frequent tuning or upgrades to meet evolving network demands. IPFire has released its 2.29 Core Update 199, aimed at network and protection teams that manage this open

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StackRox: Open-source Kubernetes security platform

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StackRox: Open-source Kubernetes security platform 2026-01-08 at 08:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams spend a lot of time stitching together checks across container images, running workloads, and deployment pipelines. The work often happens under time pressure, with engineers trying to keep clusters stable while meeting internal policy requirements. The StackRox open source project sits in

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The roles and challenges in moving to quantum-safe cryptography

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The roles and challenges in moving to quantum-safe cryptography 2026-01-06 at 08:45 By Anamarija Pogorelec A new research project examines how organizations, regulators, and technical experts coordinate the transition to quantum safe cryptography. The study draws on a structured workshop with public sector, private sector, and academic participants to document how governance, security, and innovation

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OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform

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OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform 2026-01-05 at 08:02 By Sinisa Markovic OpenAEV is an open source platform designed to plan, run, and review cyber adversary simulation campaigns used by security teams. The project focuses on organizing exercises that blend technical actions with operational and human response elements, all managed through a single system. Scenarios

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Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client

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Duplicati: Free, open-source backup client 2025-12-31 at 09:29 By Sinisa Markovic Duplicati is an open source backup client that creates encrypted, incremental, compressed backup sets and sends them to cloud storage services or remote file servers. What the project is and where it runs Duplicati operates as a client side application designed to back up

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Superagent: Open-source framework for guardrails around agentic AI

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Superagent: Open-source framework for guardrails around agentic AI 2025-12-29 at 09:03 By Sinisa Markovic Superagent is an open-source framework for building, running, and controlling AI agents with safety built into the workflow. The project focuses on giving developers and security teams tools to manage what agents can do, what they can access, and how they

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Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity

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Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity 2025-12-24 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access to credentials such as database passwords, API keys, and tokens that applications need at runtime. The project is maintained in

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Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security

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Elementary OS 8.1 rolls out with a stronger focus on system security 2025-12-24 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Elementary OS 8.1 is now available for download and shipping on select hardware from retailers such as Star Labs, Slimbook, and Laptop with Linux. The update arrives after more than a year of refinements based on community

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AI code looks fine until the review starts

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AI code looks fine until the review starts 2025-12-23 at 08:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Software teams have spent the past year sorting through a rising volume of pull requests generated with help from AI coding tools. New research puts numbers behind what many reviewers have been seeing during work. The research comes from CodeRabbit and

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Docker makes hardened images free open and transparent for everyone

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Docker makes hardened images free open and transparent for everyone 2025-12-22 at 15:09 By Sinisa Markovic Docker has made its open source Docker Hardened Images project available at no cost for every developer and organization. The catalog contains more than 1,000 container images built on open source distributions such as Debian and Alpine and is

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots

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Anubis: Open-source web AI firewall to protect from scraper bots 2025-12-22 at 08:49 By Sinisa Markovic Anubis is an open-source tool designed to protect websites from automated scraping and abusive traffic by adding computational friction before a request is served. Maintained by TecharoHQ, the project targets a growing problem for site operators who want to

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Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution

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Zabbix: Open-source IT and OT observability solution 2025-12-17 at 08:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Zabbix is an open source monitoring platform designed to track the availability, performance, and integrity of IT environments. It monitors networks along with servers, virtual machines, applications, services, databases, websites, and cloud resources. For cybersecurity professionals, this visibility matters because operational issues

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From Open Source to OpenAI: The Evolution of Third-Party Risk

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From Open Source to OpenAI: The Evolution of Third-Party Risk 2025-12-16 at 20:15 By Nadir Izrael From open source libraries to AI-powered coding assistants, speed-driven development is introducing new third-party risks that threat actors are increasingly exploiting. The post From Open Source to OpenAI: The Evolution of Third-Party Risk appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services

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Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services 2025-12-15 at 08:43 By Anamarija Pogorelec Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting system built for environments where services change often and failures can spread fast. For security teams and DevOps engineers, it has become a common way to track system behavior, spot early warning signs, and

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$320,000 Paid Out at Zeroday.Cloud for Open Source Software Exploits

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$320,000 Paid Out at Zeroday.Cloud for Open Source Software Exploits 2025-12-12 at 09:51 By Eduard Kovacs Participants earned rewards at the hacking competition for Grafana, Linux Kernel, Redis, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL vulnerabilities. The post $320,000 Paid Out at Zeroday.Cloud for Open Source Software Exploits appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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