Dec. 14, 2022, 10:14 p.m. | Karl Greenberg

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As the SolarWinds and Log4j hacks show, vulnerabilities in open source software used in application development can open doors for attackers with vast consequences. A new study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” the risk.


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