Security News

Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware
2024-04-27 05:12

An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity...

Fake job interviews target developers with new Python backdoor
2024-04-26 14:20

A new campaign tracked as "Dev Popper" is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan. The developers are asked to perform tasks supposedly related to the interview, like downloading and running code from GitHub, in an effort to make the entire process appear legitimate.

Beware: GitHub's Fake Popularity Scam Tricking Developers into Downloading Malware
2024-04-10 12:38

Threat actors are now taking advantage of GitHub's search functionality to trick unsuspecting users looking for popular repositories into downloading spurious counterparts that serve malware. The...

Google Sues App Developers Over Fake Crypto Investment App Scam
2024-04-08 05:25

Google has filed a lawsuit against two app developers for engaging in an "international online consumer investment fraud scheme" that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the...

Rust developers at Google are twice as productive as C++ teams
2024-03-31 16:33

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PyPI Halts Sign-Ups Amid Surge of Malicious Package Uploads Targeting Developers
2024-03-29 05:37

The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository briefly suspended new user sign-ups following an influx of malicious projects uploaded as part of a typosquatting campaign....

Sketchy NuGet Package Likely Linked to Industrial Espionage Targets Developers
2024-03-26 16:54

Threat hunters have identified a suspicious package in the NuGet package manager that's likely designed to target developers working with tools made by a Chinese firm that specializes in...

Does AI remediation spell the end for developers in 2024?
2024-02-27 05:00

Please turn on your JavaScript for this page to function normally. Big tech firms are already rolling out AI remediation tools to prevent developers from introducing security risks into the software development lifecycle.

North Korean Hackers Targeting Developers with Malicious npm Packages
2024-02-26 12:27

A set of fake npm packages discovered on the Node.js repository has been found to share ties with North Korean state-sponsored actors, new findings from Phylum show. The packages are named...

How to make developers accept DevSecOps
2024-01-31 05:00

Making developers accept the importance of security in their software development process comes with numerous challenges. Finally, there's the people-related challenges: developers may have difficulties with the imminent changes that DevSecOps bring to the development process, and may lack security skills required to carry out certain security practices in DevSecOps.