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Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone

Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone 2026-05-04 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz Office work in 2026 runs through a stack of mobile apps that sit on the same phones people use for banking, messaging family, and tracking their location. Ten of the most common workplace apps in use across U.S. […]

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Brush shell 0.4.0 tightens script safety, widens platform support

Brush shell 0.4.0 tightens script safety, widens platform support 2026-05-04 at 09:16 By Sinisa Markovic Rust-based alternatives to traditional Unix shells continue to attract users who want bash compatibility alongside built-in features like syntax highlighting and history-based suggestions. Brush, a bash- and POSIX-compatible shell written in Rust, sits in that group, and version 0.4.0 brings […]

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Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services

Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services 2026-05-01 at 11:49 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise developers routinely send prompts to external large language models that contain customer emails, support transcripts, and other identifying information, often without a sanitization layer between the application and the API. Dataiku has released Kiji Privacy Proxy, an […]

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Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs

Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 arrives with S3 storage support and parallel sync jobs 2026-04-30 at 15:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Proxmox Backup Server 4.2 is a maintenance and feature update built on Debian 13.4 “Trixie” that adds S3-compatible object storage as a supported backend and introduces parallel processing for sync jobs. The server ships the new […]

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25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget

25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget 2026-04-27 at 10:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Regardless of the operating system you use, managing secrets, apps, cloud, compliance, and security operations can be overwhelming. The free, open-source tools presented in this article can help you detect threats, increase visibility, enforce controls, and investigate and respond […]

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A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap

A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in production. Legal and privacy teams, working from templates and regulatory checklists, draft policies describing […]

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IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI

IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. The forecast shows that growth is spread across all major segments, […]

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Scenario: Open-source framework for automated AI app red-teaming

Scenario: Open-source framework for automated AI app red-teaming 2026-04-23 at 09:47 By Mirko Zorz Enterprises running customer service bots, data analytics agents, and other AI-driven applications in production handle sensitive records and connect to core business systems every day. LangWatch has released Scenario, an open-source framework that runs automated red-team exercises against AI agents using […]

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PentAGI: Open-source autonomous AI penetration testing system

PentAGI: Open-source autonomous AI penetration testing system 2026-04-22 at 10:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec Penetration testers have long relied on collections of specialized tools, manual coordination, and documented runbooks to work through a target assessment. PentAGI, an open-source project from VXControl, attempts to automate that entire workflow using a multi-agent AI system that plans, researches, and […]

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Thunderbird 150 arrives with encrypted message search and OpenPGP improvements

Thunderbird 150 arrives with encrypted message search and OpenPGP improvements 2026-04-21 at 23:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Released today, Thunderbird 150.0 brings eight new features, a round of bug fixes, and security patches that cover the web engine underlying the email client. Thunderbird 150.0 runs on Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.15 or later, and Linux […]

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VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux kernel 7.0 support and crash fixes

VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux kernel 7.0 support and crash fixes 2026-04-21 at 21:54 By Anamarija Pogorelec Oracle shipped VirtualBox 7.2.8 on April 21, 2026, as a maintenance release covering crashes, networking problems, clipboard issues, and extended Linux kernel compatibility. The update touches the VMM layer, NAT networking, graphics, UEFI, and both Linux and […]

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SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines

SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines 2026-04-20 at 09:14 By Mirko Zorz Boost Security has released SmokedMeat, an open-source framework that runs attack chains against CI/CD infrastructure so engineering and security teams can see what an attacker would do in their specific environment. What the tool does SmokedMeat takes a flagged […]

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Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization

Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization 2026-04-20 at 07:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer approach, transferring files whenever peers are online. This decentralized model ensures that your data remains […]

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Product showcase: Ente Auth encrypts, backs up, and syncs 2FA

Product showcase: Ente Auth encrypts, backs up, and syncs 2FA 2026-04-16 at 08:11 By Anamarija Pogorelec Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an essential layer of protection for online accounts, and Ente Auth makes it easier to manage securely across devices. Ente Auth is a free, open-source authenticator app designed to generate and store one-time passcodes for […]

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What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config

What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec nginx 1.30.0 brings together features accumulated across the 1.29.x mainline series. The release covers a broad range of changes, from protocol support additions to security-relevant fixes and new configuration options. Keepalive to upstreams is now on […]

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Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab

Legitify: Open-source scanner for security misconfigurations on GitHub and GitLab 2026-04-15 at 08:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Misconfigured source code management platforms remain a common entry point in software supply chain attacks, and organizations often lack visibility into which settings put them at risk. Legitify, an open-source tool from Legit Security, addresses that gap by scanning […]

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OpenSSL 4.0.0 release cuts deprecated protocols and gains post-quantum support

OpenSSL 4.0.0 release cuts deprecated protocols and gains post-quantum support 2026-04-14 at 18:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenSSL 4.0.0 removes several long-deprecated features, adds support for Encrypted Client Hello, and introduces API-level changes that will require code updates for applications built against older versions. SSLv3, SSLv2 client hello, and engines are gone SSLv3 support has been […]

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DavMail 6.6.0 patches a regex flaw and advances its Microsoft Graph backend

DavMail 6.6.0 patches a regex flaw and advances its Microsoft Graph backend 2026-04-14 at 16:21 By Anamarija Pogorelec Organizations that run DavMail to bridge standard mail clients to Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 received an update this week. Version 6.6.0 addresses a code-scanning alert tied to a regex vulnerability, adjusts OAuth redirect handling to match […]

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ZeroID: Open-source identity platform for autonomous AI agents

ZeroID: Open-source identity platform for autonomous AI agents 2026-04-13 at 09:02 By Mirko Zorz ZeroID is an open-source identity platform that implements an identity and credentialing layer specifically for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The attribution problem The core issue ZeroID targets is attribution in agentic workflows. When an orchestrator agent spawns sub-agents to carry […]

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Little Snitch for Linux shows what your apps are connecting to

Little Snitch for Linux shows what your apps are connecting to 2026-04-10 at 11:48 By Mirko Zorz Network monitoring on Linux has long been a gap for users who want per-process visibility into outbound connections. Existing tools either operate at the command line or were designed for server security rather than desktop privacy. Objective Development, […]

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