Google launches OSV-Scanner to help identify vulnerabilities in open source software

Google has announced a new tool designed to help identify vulnerabilities in open source software. The OSV-Scanner is described as a frontend to the existing OSV (open source vulnerabilities) database and one of the aims is to alert developers to security issues in the code their projects depend on. See also: Google brings passkey support to Chrome so you can ditch passwords Google is making Chrome far less greedy Microsoft completely ends support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 in under a month; now really is the time to move on As well as making it easier to spot vulnerabilities,… [Continue Reading]