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GitHub: Glassworm Hides Malware in Invisible Unicode Across 151+ Repos

The Glassworm campaign has compromised over 151 GitHub repositories and npm packages using invisible Unicode payloads that evade standard code review.

AppsFlyer Web SDK used to spread crypto stealer JavaScript code

Malicious JavaScript code delivered by the AppsFlyer Web SDK hijacked cryptocurrency, potentially in a supply-chain attack.
InfoWorld

Microsoft accelerates pace of VS Code development

Microsoft is speeding up the delivery of its Visual Studio Code updates. Since last summer, the company has been making ...

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 ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with VS Code 1.111 Autopilot (Preview) for AI Prompts

VS Code 1.111 Autopilot is not just a no-prompts mode. In testing, it handled a blocking question that still stopped Bypass.
IEEE

Javascript Code Simplification And Optimization Based On Hybrid Static and Dynamic Analysis Techniques

Abstract: With the increasing complexity of Web application functions, JavaScript libraries are widely used to improve development efficiency and user experience. However, many applications do not ...
IEEE

Balancing Security and Correctness in Code Generation: An Empirical Study on Commercial Large Language Models

Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) continue to be adopted for a multitude of previously manual tasks, with code generation as a prominent use. Multiple commercial models have seen wide adoption ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft brings C++ smarts to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions. Microsoft has introduced C++ ...