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Scareware Spread from Rogue SourceForge Pages via PDF Exploit

Security researchers from GFI Labs warn that scareware distributors are abusing SourceForge to host malicious pages that direct visitors to PDF exploits.The campaign is the work of people behind the FakeRean family of malicious applications that pose as fake security products and trick users to buy useless licenses."...

8 June 2011
13:39 GMT

SourceForge Revamps Interface, Gets on the HTML5 & CSS3 Bandwagon

SourceForge is the latest big name to adopt and use HTML5 and CSS3 for their user interface. Even if the official HTML5 and CSS3 standards have not been completed, large websites are making the crucial step toward this new technology.Developers and users alike have been pleasantly surprised on February 9th 2011 when ...

10 February 2011
09:28 GMT

SourceForge Resets All Passwords Following Security Breach

SourceForge, the world's largest open source software repository, has reset the password for all of its users following a successful attack against its infrastructure.The SourceForge team discovered the security breach on Thursday when exploits were found uploaded on several servers.A preliminary investigation r...

29 January 2011
01:16 GMT

Adobe Moves All of Its Open Source Projects to Sourceforge

Adobe has announced that its partnering with Sourceforge to expand its open-source offerings and have more flexibility with the related programs. Basically, all of Adobe’s open-source and standards efforts will be hosted and managed on Sourceforge through the site’s new developer platform. Adobe is actual...

15 July 2010
05:29 GMT

SourceForge Premieres Geolocation Project Statistics

SourceForge, the world’s biggest open-source code repository, has rolled out brand new statistics tools for their users. Project owners and normal site visitors alike can now view accurate and detailed statistics about the downloads timeline, location and the user's operating system.The company has kept di...

1 June 2010
04:21 GMT

US Government Lifts Internet Ban on Cuba, Iran and Sudan

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has lifted some limitations it imposed on US-based software makers and web service providers regarding three countries: Cuba, Iran and Sudan. The bans applied to North Korea and Syria still remain in place, and apply to any software tr...

9 March 2010
09:10 GMT

SourceForge Celebrates 4 Billion Downloads

SourceForge, one of the biggest open-source community and hosting services, has just announced its 4 billionth download. One of the first sites of its kind, it has managed to maintain its top spot despite increased competition and currently delivers an average of 1.8 million unique applications each day. The 4 bill...

29 June 2009
10:34 GMT

SourceForge Acquires Ohloh

SourceForge, the popular open source code hosting service, has seen better days. Once the biggest of its kind, SourceForge has seen increasing competition from the likes of GitHub or Launchpad, which offered better products. But now it wants to turn the tides and has announced plans to acquire Ohloh, a social network...

30 May 2009
07:10 GMT

The Linux Foundation Acquires Linux.com

The Linux Foundation announced yesterday, March 3, the acquisition of the Linux.com domain from its previous owner, SourceForge. Though the Linux Foundation will host the site on their servers, SourceForge will still collaborate by continuing to sell advertising for Linux.com. The Linux Foundation plans to transfor...

4 March 2009
02:59 GMT


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