Every month details emerge of dozens of new security vulnerabilities, and open source software is not immune from these. In order to help companies stay up to date and ensure vulnerabilities are patched quickly, open source security specialist WhiteSource is launching a free tool that provides companies with immediate, real-time alerts on the 50 most critical vulnerabilities published in the open source community. The standalone CLI tool is free to use and available for anyone to download as a desktop application. Once downloaded, the Vulnerability Checker offers users the opportunity to import and scan any library and run a quick check…
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