Coverity Expands DHS Scans With Java
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| The DHS scanning effort now yields results on 250 open source projects that
| are scanned by Coverity. The scans have helped open source projects fix more
| than 6,300 defects.
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http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3690951
Related:
Critical Open Source Software Projects Receive 6,000 Bug Fixes in First Year
of Coverity Scan Site
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| Department of Homeland Security open source hardening project grows to
| 150 applications and regular scans of 35 million lines of source code
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070327/sftu036.html?.v=89
How a virus crashed Homeland Security
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| The Zotob worm used using a vulnerability in Windows 2000's Plug and
| Play service to attack vulnerable machines.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/zotob_dhs_outbreak/
Government Votes For Open Source
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| With growing support from policy-makers and adoption by the Department
| of Defense (DoD), Linux has rapidly moved beyond the curious alternative
| to become the platform of choice for many government agencies.
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http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/technology/tech.jhtml?articleId=193001559
Perspective: Microsoft security--no more second chances?
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| As if Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff didn't
| have enough on his plate.
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| Not only has he had to deal with Katrina and Osama. Now
| he's also got to whip Steve Ballmer and the crew at Microsoft
| into shape. If past is prologue, that last task may be
| the most daunting of all.
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http://news.com.com/2010-1002_3-6104512.html?part=rss&tag=6104512&subj=news
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