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Open Source Security

Linux Kernel Supply Chain Security: How the World's Largest Project Protects Itself

The Linux kernel is the most critical open source project on earth. Its supply chain security practices offer lessons for every project, but also reveal challenges that scale creates.

Sep 8, 20227 min read
Open Source Security

Open Source Security Bounty Programs: Do They Actually Work?

Bug bounty programs for open source projects promise market-driven vulnerability discovery. The reality is more complicated, with perverse incentives, quality problems, and funding gaps.

Aug 18, 20226 min read
Open Source Security

The Open Source Software Bill of Rights

As governments and enterprises demand more from open source maintainers, the community pushes back with a framework of rights. The tension between accountability and sustainability is shaping the future of open source.

Jul 20, 20226 min read
Open Source Security

Open Source Funding Models and Their Impact on Security

The way open source projects get funded directly shapes their security outcomes. From corporate sponsorship to bounty programs, each model creates different incentives and blind spots.

May 22, 20227 min read
Open Source Security

OpenSSF Alpha-Omega Project: Securing Open Source at Scale

The Alpha-Omega Project, backed by $5M from Google and Microsoft, aims to improve security of the most critical open source projects. Here's what it means for the ecosystem.

Apr 28, 20225 min read
Open Source Security

Rust Crate Supply Chain Security: Lessons from a Growing Ecosystem

As Rust adoption accelerates, its crate ecosystem faces the same supply chain threats that plague npm and PyPI. Here's what the Rust community is doing right — and where gaps remain.

Jan 20, 20225 min read
Open Source Security

Log4j and the Maintainer Burnout Crisis Nobody Talks About

The Log4Shell vulnerability exposed more than a critical flaw in Java logging. It revealed a systemic failure in how the industry treats the people who maintain critical open source infrastructure.

Jan 18, 20227 min read
Open Source Security

colors.js and faker.js: When Maintainer Burnout Becomes a Supply Chain Crisis

Marak Squires deliberately broke two of npm's most popular packages to protest the exploitation of open source maintainers. The fallout exposed how fragile our dependency chains really are.

Jan 10, 20225 min read
Open Source Security

The ua-parser-js npm Hijack of October 2021

An npm package with 8 million weekly downloads shipped a cryptominer and credential stealer for four hours. Here is the exact sequence of events.

Oct 25, 20216 min read
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