Others include AI and quantum computing, and China is funding research in both those areas with the goal of dominating the market. Open source libraries with at least one vulnerability are down from 78 % in 2016 to 25 % in 2018 , but more needs to be done to improve security , a report by security firm Synopsys has found . Companies have been able to apply updated patches to their libraries to ensure security due to the amount of testing required , but it has to be done to prevent exploits such as the Equifax vulnerability , Synopsys said .
Open source libraries with at least one vulnerability are down from 78 % in 2016 to 25 % in 2018 , but more needs to be done to improve security , a report by security firm Synopsys has found . Companies have been able to apply updated patches to their libraries to ensure security due to the amount of testing required , but it has to be done to prevent exploits such as the Equifax vulnerability , Synopsys said .