Tag: development tools
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Hackers Poison Popular Rust Crate with Infostealer Malware
In a shocking turn of events, hackers hijacked the account of a popular Rust library, arrayref, which has been downloaded over 53 million times in the past 90 days, and poisoned it with infostealer malware that compromised developers' machines during compilation. The malicious payload was delivered through a tainted software release, putting countless projects and users at risk.
GitHub Breach Exposes 3800 Internal Repositories to Malicious VS Code Extension
GitHub's security team swiftly contained a breach that exposed 3,800 internal repositories to a malicious VS Code extension, and immediately took action to prevent further damage. The company has completed critical secret rotations and is now meticulously analyzing logs to ensure the incident is fully resolved.
Google Fixes Antigravity Flaw That Enabled Code Execution
Google's Antigravity tool, designed to streamline coding, had a flaw that allowed hackers to run malicious code - but luckily, the tech giant has patched the vulnerability. This fix prevents cyber threats that could have exploited the tool's file-creation capabilities and lax input sanitization.