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Open Source for IT Leaders

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Open Source Software (2017) explains how IT leaders must understand, manage and direct how and where open source will play a role in IT roadmaps in order to maximize the business value and minimize the risks associated with these technologies The cost of ownership of open-source versus third-party proprietary solutions will always be important factor. But this year’s study highlights the shift to innovation as the d…

November 27, 2017 Revenera

The Other Healthcare Issue

All IoT connected devices carry a certain amount of security risk. In the wake of threats from IoT Botnets and WannaCry ransom ware attacks, the heat is officially on medical device manufacturers an…

November 17, 2017 Revenera

Tor Project Issues Update to Patch Security Vulnerability in Open Source Project

The Tor Project released an update late Friday to fix a vulnerability that leaks the real IP addresses of MacOS and Linux users of its Tor version 7.0.8 Browser. The patch is in an upgrade to Tor Browser 7.0.9. The Tor browser is an open source project that helps you defend against traffic analysis and ensures anonymity for it’s users. Using Tor makes it more difficult for Internet activity to be traced back to the user: this includes ̶…

November 5, 2017 Revenera

IoT Reaper – Protect Yourself Against IoT Botnets

The Mirai botnet’s massive DDoS attacks are still firmly lodged in the memory IoT manufacturers. But fear is already growing over the next one to hit. IoT Reaper – recently discovered by resear…

October 31, 2017 Revenera

Endorsing Healthcare APIs

APIs have been notoriously absent in health IT until very recently. This has been a challenge for integrating workflow and support for evolving care models. APIs support better workflow performance f…

October 23, 2017 Revenera

The True Cost of a Data Breach

The numbers are staggering. In 2016 alone, over four billion records have been breached in 4,149 separate cyber security hacks. But companies often leave the door wide open to hackers. The cost and ef…

October 10, 2017 Revenera

Analysis of the Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability CVE-2017-5638

There are many ways developers incorporate open source code into their proprietary applications. A common way is to include versioned dependencies. Another is to copy and paste open source code into y…

September 20, 2017 Revenera

Equifax Confirms: Unpatched Security Vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 Caused Data Breach

Equifax officials confirmed today that the unpatched web application server vulnerability CVE-2017-5638 in Apache Struts 2 caused the massive data breach. An estimated 143 million people were exposed …

September 15, 2017 Revenera

Apache Struts 2 in the News Again – Equifax Data Breach Affects 143 Million People

Equifax, one of the 3 major credit bureaus in the US, announced last week that they were targets of a data breach that potentially involved private information of 143 million consumers. Hackers might …

September 11, 2017 Revenera

Using Open Source Libraries with Closed Source Software

It’s very common for developers to want to use open-source libraries and frameworks: open-source software is freely available, often robust and flexible, and using these tools makes the developer’s pr…

February 17, 2016 Revenera

Tag: Software Composition Analysis

Open Source for IT Leaders

The Other Healthcare Issue

Tor Project Issues Update to Patch Security Vulnerability in Open Source Project

IoT Reaper – Protect Yourself Against IoT Botnets

Endorsing Healthcare APIs

The True Cost of a Data Breach

Analysis of the Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability CVE-2017-5638

Equifax Confirms: Unpatched Security Vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 Caused Data Breach

Apache Struts 2 in the News Again – Equifax Data Breach Affects 143 Million People

Using Open Source Libraries with Closed Source Software

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