Tag: software security

  • Slashdot: Java Proposals Would Boost Resistance to Quantum Computing Attacks

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/11/10/1853200/java-proposals-would-boost-resistance-to-quantum-computing-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Java Proposals Would Boost Resistance to Quantum Computing Attacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses two significant proposals aimed at enhancing Java application security against future quantum computing threats. These proposals involve the implementation of a quantum-resistant digital signature algorithm and key encapsulation mechanism,…

  • Slashdot: Salesforce to Hire 1,000 People for Big AI Product Sales Push

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/10/1819213/salesforce-to-hire-1000-people-for-big-ai-product-sales-push Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce to Hire 1,000 People for Big AI Product Sales Push Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Salesforce’s strategic hiring move to bolster its new generative AI agent product, Agentforce, highlights a significant shift in AI application within customer relations management. This development signals growing momentum in…

  • Hacker News: OpenCoder: Open-Source LLM for Coding

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04905 Source: Hacker News Title: OpenCoder: Open-Source LLM for Coding Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses “OpenCoder,” a large language model (LLM) specifically designed for code generation and related tasks. It highlights the importance of transparency in AI research by providing not only the model but also…

  • The Register: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/ Source: The Register Title: The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++ Feedly Summary: Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn’t think so Opinion I must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C.…

  • Hacker News: A New Era of macOS Sandbox Escapes: Overlooked Attack Surface, 10+ New Vulns

    Source URL: https://jhftss.github.io/A-New-Era-of-macOS-Sandbox-Escapes/ Source: Hacker News Title: A New Era of macOS Sandbox Escapes: Overlooked Attack Surface, 10+ New Vulns Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The blog post discusses a series of novel sandbox escape vulnerabilities discovered in macOS, including various CVEs that expose how remote code execution (RCE) within a…

  • Slashdot: Interview with Programmer Steve Yegge On the Future of AI Coding

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/11/07/1926221/interview-with-programmer-steve-yegge-on-the-future-of-ai-coding Source: Slashdot Title: Interview with Programmer Steve Yegge On the Future of AI Coding Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses an interview with programmer Steve Yegge, highlighting his insights on the evolution of programming due to AI-powered coding assistants, particularly focusing on how large language models (LLMs)…

  • The Register: Microsoft rolls out AI-enabled Notepad to Windows Insiders

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/07/microsoft_ai_notepad_paint/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft rolls out AI-enabled Notepad to Windows Insiders Feedly Summary: Rewrite ‘please leave my text editor alone’ Windows Insiders will soon get firsthand experience of Microsoft’s AI ambitions for Paint and Notepad: the image editor is getting Generative Fill and Erase and the text editor is getting a…

  • NCSC Feed: The leaky pipe of secure coding

    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/leaky-pipe-secure-coding Source: NCSC Feed Title: The leaky pipe of secure coding Feedly Summary: Helen L discusses how security can be woven more seamlessly into the development process. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the necessity of accepting software vulnerabilities as an inherent risk while promoting a developer-centered approach to security.…

  • Schneier on Security: Subverting LLM Coders

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/subverting-llm-coders.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Subverting LLM Coders Feedly Summary: Really interesting research: “An LLM-Assisted Easy-to-Trigger Backdoor Attack on Code Completion Models: Injecting Disguised Vulnerabilities against Strong Detection“: Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed code com- pletion tasks, providing context-based suggestions to boost developer productivity in software engineering. As users often…

  • Anchore: Anchore Survey 2024: Only 1 in 5 organizations have full visibility of open source

    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/anchore-survey-2024-only-1-in-5-organizations-have-full-visibility-of-open-source/ Source: Anchore Title: Anchore Survey 2024: Only 1 in 5 organizations have full visibility of open source Feedly Summary: The Anchore 2024 Software Supply Chain Security Report is now available. This report provides a unique set of insights into the experiences and practices of over 100 organizations that are the targets of…