What Does 'Open Source' Actually Mean, And How Did It Start?

When you hear the term "open source," it's talking about any publicly accessible design that people are free to change and ...
ZDNet

Microsoft warns: This forgotten open-source web server could let hackers 'silently' gain access to your system

Microsoft has raised an alarm about a peculiar cybersecurity threat that serves as a warning to all enterprises about open-source software (OSS) supply chain security. The Microsoft Threat ...
InfoWorld

Kestrel: The Microsoft web server you should be using

This alternative to Internet Information Services, which Microsoft uses for its own services, delivers modern dynamic web applications on common server platforms or in containers. Microsoft’s Internet ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers use Microsoft IIS web server logs to control malware

The Cranefly hacking group, aka UNC3524, uses a previously unseen technique of controlling malware on infected devices via Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server logs. Microsoft ...
SecurityWeek

‘Highest Ever’ Severity Score Assigned by Microsoft to ASP.NET Core Vulnerability

Microsoft has patched CVE-2025-55315, a critical vulnerability in the ASP.NET Core open source web development framework.
InfoWorld

What is Visual Studio Code? Microsoft’s extensible code editor

Visual Studio Code is a free, lightweight but powerful source code editor that runs on your desktop and on the web and is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi OS. It comes with ...