Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...
Microsoft

Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...

Cracking the code: How a “prediction machine” is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Some years ago, my linguistic research team and I started to develop a computational tool aimed at reconstructing the text of ...
InfoQ

Beyond the Code: Hiring for Cultural Alignment

Alicia Collymore discusses the critical role of cultural alignment in building high-performing engineering teams. She explains how to move beyond "vibes" by identifying specific attributes in company ...
InfoWorld

19 large language models redefining AI safety—and danger

Whether you are looking for an LLM with more safety guardrails or one completely without them, someone has probably built it.
IEEE

IEEE Code of Ethics

We, the members of the IEEE, in recognition of the importance of our technologies in affecting the quality of life throughout the world, and in accepting a personal obligation to our profession, its ...