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Software Supply Chain Security Project in-toto Accepted into CNCF Incubator
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has accepted the in-toto project as a CNCF incubating project. The in-toto project aims to cryptographically protect the entire software build and delivery process - the “supply chain” - from malicious actors.
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Securing the Open-Source Software Supply Chain
Recent findings by security researchers at SonarSource showed multiple security vulnerabilities in popular package managers, including Pip, Yarn, Composer, and others. Package managers, though, are not the only weak link in the open source security chain. InfoQ has spoken with Sonatype CTO Brian Fox.
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OpenSSF Announces the Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) in partnership with Google and Microsoft have announced the Alpha-Omega Project to improve supply chain security across open source software (OSS) projects. The project will focus on improving the security posture of the most widely deployed and critical OSS projects.
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Google and GitHub Announce OpenSSF Scorecards v4 with New GitHub Actions Workflow
GitHub and Google have announced the version 4 release of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)'s Scorecards project. Scorecards is an automated security tool that identifies risky supply chain practices in open source projects. This release includes a new Scorecards GitHub Action, new security checks, and a large increase in the repositories included in the foundations weekly scans.
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Aqua Security Reports Large Increase in Supply Chain Attacks
Aqua Security's recent report highlights the increasing threat of supply chain attacks. According to the report, supply chain attacks grew by 300% from 2020 to 2021 while the level of security across software development environments remained low. Google and the CNCF have recently released papers detailing approaches to improving the security of the supply chain.