Under-Resourced Maintainers Pose Risk to Africa’s Open Source Push

July 22, 2024 at 02:07AM The UN Open-Source Program Officers for Good 2024 conference discussed the benefits of open source software (OSS) in delivering affordable technology to underserved nations. Emphasizing the need for security in OSS, speakers highlighted the risk of under-resourced projects and ways to secure the open source ecosystem, including software bills of … Read more

Myrror Security Emerges From Stealth With $6M Seed Round to Prevent Attacks on the Software Development Process

November 7, 2023 at 05:16PM Myrror Security, a company specializing in application security for organizations using open-source packages, has received $6 million in seed funding from Blumberg Capital and Entrée Capital. The funds will be used to expand product capabilities and distribution channels. Myrror Security aims to address the increasing rate of software supply chain … Read more