open source security

The world of cybersecurity is undergoing a tectonic shift as the relentless march of quantum computing edges ever closer to practical realization. For decades, the bedrock of digital security—cryptography—has relied on mathematical problems that are infeasible for classical computers to solve...

For millions of users and organizations across the globe, Bitwarden has become synonymous with secure password management. Its open-source credentials, robust encryption practices, and user-centric design make it one of the premier choices for safeguarding digital identities against an...

In a move emblematic of the evolving relationship between Microsoft and the open-source community, Fedora Linux has officially joined the array of distributions available through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows. This noteworthy milestone, widely reported and confirmed by trusted...

In a digital landscape marked by rising complexity and ever-evolving dangers, Microsoft’s ARC Initiative emerges as a strategic pillar aimed at transforming cybersecurity resilience across Kenya and potentially the wider African continent. This comprehensive move, unveiled at the Global...

BleachBit has long carved out a respected spot in the world of system maintenance, offering a reliable, open-source alternative to proprietary cleaning tools. With the arrival of BleachBit 5.0, the landscape for Windows 10/11 and Linux users seeking to purge digital detritus — from junk files to...

The latest update from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) underscores the persistent and evolving threat landscape facing organizations that rely on widely used open-source components. On May 6, CISA announced the addition of a single, but critical, new vulnerability to...

Every update to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog is a signal flare for organizations across the digital landscape: the threat is not abstract, and these risks are no longer about “what if,” but rather “when and where.” The recent catalog addition of CVE-2025-24813, an Apache Tomcat...

At the heart of a modern enterprise's cybersecurity strategy lies the need to adapt to a constantly evolving digital threat landscape. As businesses shift more of their infrastructure and workloads to the public cloud, and as attackers adapt their methods to exploit this changing environment...

The landscape of enterprise security is changing rapidly, facing relentless waves of increasingly complex cyber threats and a continuously evolving range of attack surfaces. In an era defined by cloud transformation, hybrid computing, and the rise of containerized workloads, traditional security...

As cybersecurity headlines seem to endlessly parade acronyms and arcane numbers before the public’s weary eyes, it’s easy for eyes to glaze over: yet the real stories hiding behind identifiers like CVE-2025-3620 could not be more vital. Let’s peel away the layers on the latest “use after free”...

If you’re one of the billions who rely on Chromium-based browsers to serve up your daily digital fix, you probably wish you never had to hear the words “heap buffer overflow.” But in the ever-evolving landscape of web browser security, lurking beneath the smooth, polished façade of our tabs and...