OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of OperatorFabric. OperatorFabric is an open source industrial platform for utility operations. With the help of Quarkslab and Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy), this project will continue to provide secure, centralized business operations for users and high-quality service to…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Cloud Native Buildpacks. Cloud Native Buildpacks (or "Buildpacks") is an open source tool for making container images for any cloud directly from the application source code. With the help of Quarkslab and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF),…
Falco joins a growing number of CNCF Projects that completed a third-party security audit organized by OSTIF. A follow up to their 2019 audit, the Falco project requested a new engagement due to changes in the code base since. OSTIF partnered with Quarkslab to complete the audit. An overview of…
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The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is working with the Monero community to fund at least two (and probably three) audits of Monero RandomX. What is RandomX? RandomX is a project that implements a dynamic proof of work algorithm. The aim of an algorithm that changes is to make it…
VeraCrypt 1.18 and its bootloaders were evaluated. This release included a number of new features including non-western developed encryption options, a boot loader that supports UEFI (modern BIOSes), and more. QuarksLab found: 8 Critical Vulnerabilities 3 Medium Vulnerabilities 15 Low or Informational Vulnerabilities / Concerns This public disclosure of these vulnerabilities coincides with the release of VeraCrypt 1.19…
OSTIF + QuarksLab Audit of VeraCrypt Completed - Phase II Begins The audit of VeraCrypt has been completed, and the final report is being created over the coming days. The VeraCrypt developers have the preliminary results and we are working with both VeraCrypt and QuarksLab on the timetable for releasing…
OSTIF is proud to announce that we have come to an agreement to fully fund an audit of VeraCrypt. Using funds that were donated by DuckDuckGo and VikingVPN, we plan to hire QuarksLab to go over the code and search for vulnerabilities and backdoors. VeraCrypt is a crucial piece of…
We are currently in talks with Quarkslab about possible contracts for getting our supported apps audited. We have selected Quarkslab as a candidate for multiple reasons. They have a strong team of professional staff that works heavily in the areas of software security auditing and cryptography. They have done public…