Why OSTIF?

Why OSTIF? There’s a lot of misconceptions that cause stagnation when it comes to procuring and participating in security audits. How does one even begin to get an audit, much less fund it? There is too much work involved, and not enough help from the auditors. It’s just a way…

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OpenSSL Audit Complete!

OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is a commercial-grade cryptographic communications open source library. With the help of Trail of Bits and the OpenSSL project, this project will run more securely for those looking to perform various SSL-related tasks. Audit highlights: This…

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Kuksa Audit Complete!

OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Kuksa.  Kuksa.val is an open source vehicle abstraction layer. With the help of Quarkslab and the Eclipse Foundation, this project will continue to provide in-vehicle software components for users working with in-vehicle signals in a secure and efficient…

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PHP-TUF Audit Complete!

The Drupal project partnered with OSTIF for a series of audits on key technology to support supply chain security for automatic updates. Specifically, the PHP-TUF client-side library and its server-side Rugged counterpart underwent a security audit by Include Security organized by OSTIF. The Update Framework (or “TUF”) is a cryptographically-secure…

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RustVMM Security Audit with OSTIF is Complete!

OSTIF is pleased to announce the completion of a security audit of the open source project RustVMM in collaboration with X-41 D-Sec GmbH, with funding by Amazon Web Services. The project offers crates to build customized Virtual Machine Monitors (thus, VMM), which can be vulnerable to malicious actors through its…

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Bugs? Search Me!- OpenSearch Security Audit Completed!

OSTIF and X41-Dsec collaborated with OpenSearch on a security audit on v. 2.8.0 of the open source search engine. As a search engine, this project handles sensitive data and therefore security is of utmost importance to project users, maintainers, and community. The main objective of this security audit was to…

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OSTIF’s Favorite Bug- DragonFly!

This summer, over four engineer weeks, Trail of Bits and OSTIF collaborated on a security audit of DragonFly. A CNCF Incubating Project, DragonFly functions as file distribution for peer-to-peer technologies. Included in the scope was the sub-project Nydus’s repository that works in image distribution. The engagement was outlined and framed…

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