open-source software

Open-source software is computer software with its source code made available to the public, allowing anyone to view, modify, and distribute it. It is developed collaboratively and is widely used across various industries and applications.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the discovery of a major North Korean hacking campaign targeting these widely-used software projects.

Latest on open-source software

• Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
• China's 'open' AI is a terrible business, and nothing like open-source software
• OpenAI rolls out AI-led push to fix open-source software flaws
• Amazon discovered a North Korean hacking campaign targeting open-source software
• expanded effort by state-sponsored hackers to infiltrate widely-used software projects
• OpenAI's AI is now fixing the open-source vulnerabilities that enterprises depend on

Connections

4 entities linked to open-source software across the news graph.