Security: Smears Against FOSS From Microsoft-Connected Black Duck, EFAIL/EFF, and Ubuntu's Blob 'Store'
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Open source use grows, but security issues common, says report [Ed: Synopsys Black Duck -- founded by a Microsoft manager specifically for the purpose of attacking FOSS -- still cited in anti-FOSS pieces]
However the number of codebases with at least one vulnerability had also risen year-on-year. Over three-quarters (78%) contained at least one vulnerability, with an average of 64 vulnerabilities per codebase. That was up from 67% in 2016.
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Open Source Is Everywhere and So Are Vulnerabilities, Says Black Duck Report [Ed: Trying to sell their proprietary software products while at the same time badmouthing FOSS]
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EFAIL and KMail [Ed: KMail team politely tells the liars to bugger off with the sensationalist nonsense (basically an attack on PGP, encryption and FOSS)]
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Trust and security in the Snap Store [Ed: So says the company that keeps advertising malware like Microsoft Skype to suck up to Microsoft]
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User Discovers Hidden Bytecoin Mining Code in Ubuntu App
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Reproducible Builds: Weekly report #159
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