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Mitigating security risks of using open-source software

The title sounds like a trolling question but it is not (I'm a huge fan of OSS). I have a small company with a web app that is undergoing infosec review with a Fortune 100 company. The questions I ...
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Are there any free static analysis tools for C# / .NET code [closed]

A client recently asked me to perform a code review on C# code. As an independent contractor I was wondering what are the automated solutions out there where I would not have to break the bank to ...
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Basic security checklist for using an open-source library

I've recently started working with web applications, and the ones developed by our team seem to use a lot of external components for different minor functionality (e.g. a scrolling slider bar, a ...
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Static code analysis strategies [closed]

Imagine: We have been given the source code of several software programs, some open source, others proprietary. What's the best strategy to analyze the source code in each case? For example: We know ...
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What are good free opensource tools for helping in manual source code reviews? [closed]

I know tools that help in identifying security vulnerabilities in source code (static analysis tools), like Findbugs for Java or Pixy for PHP, but I would like to know good free opensource tools that ...
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Open source web application penetration testing community

I do web development for a living but my real passion is security. I have worked with countless open source web application/framework and I have found vulnerabilities in most of them. The main cause ...