The U.S. is having a "Huawei moment," as security concerns prompt the Trump administration to try to block allies from using 5G equipment produced by the Chinese company. Open source libraries with at least one vulnerability are down from 78% in 2017 to 60% in 2018, but more needs to be done to improve security, according to a new report by the Ponemon Institute. Companies have been failing to apply updated patches to their code to ensure security due to the amount of testing required, but it has to be done to avoid incidences such as the Equifax breach, Synopsys said.
Open source libraries with at least one vulnerability are down from 78% in 2017 to 60% in 2018, but more needs to be done to improve security, according to a new report by the Ponemon Institute. Companies have been failing to apply updated patches to their code to ensure security due to the amount of testing required, but it has to be done to avoid incidences such as the Equifax breach, Synopsys said.