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Entry points threaten multiple open-source ecosystems

Ryan Daws — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:58:48 +0000

While current tools have improved at detecting common tactics for exploiting open-source packages, a feature remains largely overlooked: entry points. Security researchers at Checkmarx uncovered how attackers can leverage entry points across multiple programming ecosystems, with a particular focus on PyPI, to trick victims into running malicious code. This method – while not allowing for... Read more »

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Safe Coding: Google’s strategy reduces memory safety vulnerabilities

Ryan Daws — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:10:17 +0000

Google has unveiled compelling data highlighting the efficacy of its “Safe Coding” approach in reducing memory safety vulnerabilities. The tech giant’s strategy, which prioritises the use of memory-safe programming languages for new code development, has yielded impressive results. Most notably, Android has seen a sharp decline in memory safety vulnerabilities, plummeting from 76% of all... Read more »

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Mozilla injects Rust into Thunderbird to boost performance

Ryan Daws — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:50:32 +0000

Mozilla has announced the release of Thunderbird 128, codenamed Nebula, which introduces significant improvements to the popular email client’s codebase, stability, and overall user experience. The most notable change is the integration of Rust, a modern programming language originally created by Mozilla Research, into Thunderbird’s core. This integration marks a major leap forward for the... Read more »

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SlashData: Rust sees fastest growth, JavaScript still dominates

Ryan Daws — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:47:14 +0000

According to SlashData’s findings, the JavaScript community grew by an impressive four million users in the past 12 months, solidifying its status as the most widely-used programming language globally. Here is a breakdown of the size of various programming language communities: While JavaScript remains the leader, the report highlights the remarkable growth of the Rust... Read more »

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JetBrains launches 2024.1 with local AI code completion

Ryan Daws — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:01:33 +0000

JetBrains has released the 2024.1 updates for its IDEs with several major new features, headlined by full-line code autocompletion powered by local AI models. The new full-line code completion functionality ensures code suggestions are processed entirely on the user’s device, minimising latency and providing a seamless offline experience. “We’ve developed models that run directly on... Read more »

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GitHub releases Blackbird code search engine

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:42:14 +0000

GitHub has released its reworked code search engine, Blackbird, which is built on Rust and promises faster and more comprehensive software repository exploration. This revision, which has been in development for three years, is part of GitHub’s efforts to enhance text-based search techniques for code queries. With Blackbird, developers can quickly search, navigate, and comprehend... Read more »

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Chromium will support third-party Rust libraries

Ryan Daws — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 13:01:04 +0000

Google has announced that it will allow third-party Rust libraries in its Chromium open-source browser project. Chrome security team member Dana Jansens published a blog post on Thursday announcing the decision. Jansens says that Google is now actively pursuing adding a production Rust toolchain to its build system. “Our goal in bringing Rust into Chromium... Read more »

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Source code for Rust-based malware leaks on hacking forums

Ryan Daws — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:23:53 +0000

The source code for an info-stealing malware based on Rust has leaked on hacking forums. Security analysts claim the malware is actively used in attacks and it appears to have a high antivirus evasion rate. VirusTotal returns a detection rate of around 22 percent. The developer claims to have developed the malware in just six... Read more »

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Rust vulnerability enables attackers to delete files and directories

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:56 +0000

Maintainers of the Rust programming language have warned of a critical vulnerability that enables attackers to delete files and directories. In a security advisory, the Rust Security Response Working Group wrote: “The Rust Security Response WG was notified that the std::fs::remove_dir_all standard library function is vulnerable to a race condition enabling symlink following (CWE-363). An... Read more »

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2021 Stack Overflow Survey: React.js takes the web framework crown, Python is in-demand, and devs still love Rust

Ryan Daws — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:42:58 +0000

The 2021 edition of Stack Overflow’s developer survey features both substantial changes in the landscape while other elements have remained stubbornly resilient. In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s Ben Popper and David Gibson wrote: “This year’s survey was a little different than ones in years past. We opened our 2020 survey in February, and by... Read more »

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