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In the face of a rising number of attacks against open-source software, large corporations are stepping in to help developers with free services and tools improve cybersecurity, according to Dark Reading.
Google released a new tool for developers that automates the process of safeguarding projects and verifies attributes to ensure that the security of the project has not been compromised. The new security tool is called AllStars and is designed to run tests to determine whether critical aspects have been altered.
AllStars, in conjunction with another Google tool called Scorecard, provides project maintainers with assurance that their security settings are still accurate, according to Jeff Mendoza, engineering lead on AllS…
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