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Improving Cybersecurity in Open Source Software
In March, the discovery of a software bug in XZ utils, an open-source compression tool, threatened a major catastrophe in the digital realm. The bug, a backdoor that would allow unauthorized access to systems, was a wake-up call to the vulnerabilities of open-source software. While responsible parties managed to fix the issue before widespread distribution, it raised important questions about the risks associated with open-source development.
The Ubiquity of Open Source in Modern Software
Today, open-source code constitutes between 70 to 90 percent of software “stacks.” Nearly all software applications, including those on smartphones and Android devices, rely on open-source components. The Linux kernel, the largest open-source project globally, underpins Android and countless other systems.
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