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According to OpenLogic’s Open Source Adoption and Expansion in 2022 Report, the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) across all sizes of organizations is rising with 40% of respondents stating an increase of OSS software over the previous year and 36% reporting a significant increase in OSS software usage. The increase in OSS adoption can be attributed to a number of factors including access to the latest innovations, reduction in costs and frequent product updates.

A new malicious package has been detected on the Node Package Manager (npm) repository that poses a significant threat to users who may unknowingly install it. Named ‘Vibranced,’ the package has been carefully crafted to mimic the popular ‘colors’ package, which has over 20 million weekly downloads.

Open source software has revolutionized the software development landscape, providing cost-effective solutions and promoting collaboration among developers worldwide. However, the legal terms associated with open source licenses can be complex, and improper management of these licenses may lead to significant legal risks.

DIY or open-source secrets detection can seem cost-effective and customizable initially... until you start hitting the first obstacles like scalability, developer experience (DX), or deep application security expertise. Read on to find out how GitGuardian can help you rise above these!

Since the beginning of 2023, Snyk has documented around 6800 malicious packages across PyPI and the npm registry, which requires little to no interaction, almost 860 of which were discovered by us.

Developers use open source code because it facilitates fast development. In fact, the vast majority of code in modern applications is open source. But just like any other code, open source libraries are open to vulnerabilities that can negatively affect a wide range of end-user products. So with widespread usage of open source, it's important for teams to be aware of the risks that can be hidden in the libraries they use.

Velero is an open-source tool that allows you to backup and restore your Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Velero backups support a number of different storage providers including AWS S3. The process of setting up Velero backup with S3 using AWS credentials has been documented by Velero here. However, at the time of this post, there is no official documentation on how to set up Velero using IRSA or IAM Roles for Service Accounts.

The report reveals an unprecedented number of hard-coded secrets in new GitHub commits over the year 2022. And much more.