Tag: source software
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The Register: Google DeepMind minds the patch with AI flaw-fixing scheme
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/google_deepmind_patches_holes/ Source: The Register Title: Google DeepMind minds the patch with AI flaw-fixing scheme Feedly Summary: CodeMender has been generating fixes for vulnerabilities in open source projects Google says its AI-powered security repair tool CodeMender has been helping secure open source projects through automated patch creation, subject to human approval.… AI Summary and…
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Wired: Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/vibe-coding-is-the-new-open-source/ Source: Wired Title: Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible Feedly Summary: As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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Slashdot: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs
Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/2027237/google-confirms-android-dev-verification-will-have-free-and-paid-tiers-no-public-list-of-devs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s upcoming changes in Android 16 regarding app installation and verification, underscoring increased reliance on cloud-based processes and potential costs for developers.…
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The Register: Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/cybercrims_claim_raid_on_28000/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercrims claim raid on 28,000 Red Hat repos, say they have sensitive customer files Feedly Summary: 570GB of data claimed to be stolen by the Crimson Collective A hacking crew claims to have broken into Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, exfiltrating some 570GB of compressed data, including sensitive…
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Anchore: Can an LLM Really Fix a Bug? A Start-to-Finish Case Study
Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/can-an-llm-really-fix-a-bug-a-start-to-finish-case-study/ Source: Anchore Title: Can an LLM Really Fix a Bug? A Start-to-Finish Case Study Feedly Summary: The software industry faces a growing problem: we have far more open issues than we have contributors multiplied by available time. Every project maintainer knows this pain. We certainly recognize this across our open source tools…
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The Register: One line of malicious npm code led to massive Postmark email heist
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/postmark_mcp_server_code_hijacked/ Source: The Register Title: One line of malicious npm code led to massive Postmark email heist Feedly Summary: MCP plus open source plus typosquatting … what could possibly go wrong? A fake npm package posing as Postmark’s MCP (Model Context Protocol) server silently stole potentially thousands of emails a day by adding…
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The NLnet Labs Blog: Hope Is Not a Strategy
Source URL: https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/hope-is-not-a-strategy/ Source: The NLnet Labs Blog Title: Hope Is Not a Strategy Feedly Summary: Open source software is often the unglamorous workhorse in your server rack, the silent operator in your stack, and the punk soul in your operations pipeline. It’s thoroughly tested and trusted for all the right reasons. But when your business…
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Krebs on Security: 18 Popular Code Packages Hacked, Rigged to Steal Crypto
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/18-popular-code-packages-hacked-rigged-to-steal-crypto/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: 18 Popular Code Packages Hacked, Rigged to Steal Crypto Feedly Summary: At least 18 popular JavaScript code packages that are collectively downloaded more than two billion times each week were briefly compromised with malicious software today, after a developer involved in maintaining the projects was phished. The…