Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. […]
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WWDC: What can developers expect?
Apple will open the doors to developers at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) next week. Beyond a big push on AI and new OSes focused on stability and performance, what should developers expect? Mostly it’s about new APIs, Foundation Models, and App Intents; here’s what I’ve been able to figure out so far. Foundation Models Apple has…
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How to Get a Reddit API Key in 2026: Step-by-Step Guide
Getting a Reddit API key starts with creating an application through Reddit’s developer portal and understanding how its…
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TrapDoor malware campaign puts developer workstations in CISO spotlight
A malicious package campaign across npm, PyPI, and Crates.io has put developer workstations back under scrutiny, after researchers said it targeted developer workflows and AI coding assistant files. Researchers at Socket said the campaign, which they are tracking as TrapDoor, “spans more than 34 malicious packages and 384+ related versions and artifacts” across the three…
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GitHub Breach Traced to Malicious ‘Nx Console’ VS Code Extension
A threat actor compromised an Nx developer and posed as a legitimate maintainer to publish a malicious extension on Visual Studio Marketplace
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Google Unveils New Gemini AI Agent for Personal Tasks
The tech firm highlights both Spark and Omni, a video-creation tool, at its annual developer conference.
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WWDC: From NeXTStep for Apple to Apple’s next step for AI
As Apple heads toward next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), cast your mind back almost 30 years. That’s when something happened that arguably put events in motion that led to Apple becoming the company it is today. That was when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the top job at WWDC 1997 — the first such event…
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WWDC 2026: How Apple can take a great leap in AI
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) takes place in just a few weeks. Everyone expects the company to explain its approach to AI deployment on its platforms. With that in mind, here’s what several months of speculation suggest Apple will announce, though the details remain to be disclosed. Apple is investing billions of dollars in these plans; R&D spending…
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SAP npm package attack highlights risks in developer tools and CI/CD pipelines
A supply chain attack on SAP-related npm packages has put fresh scrutiny on the developer tools and build workflows that enterprises rely on to produce software. The campaign, referred to as “mini Shai-Hulud,” affected packages used in SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application development ecosystem. The malicious versions added installation-time code that could steal developer credentials,…
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Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop. That one decision triggered a cascade of failures that ended with a $2 million data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of organisations. All for some free in-game currency. Meanwhile, there’s a 1980s phone protocol called…
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Npm Supply Chain Malware Attack Targets Developers With Worm-Like Propagation
Malicious npm packages spread via worm-like propagation and steal developer credentials
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Checkmarx Supply Chain Attack Exploits Docker Images and CI/CD Pipelines
A supply chain attack targeting Checkmarx tooling has exposed developer environments. Attackers pushed malicious Docker images and tampered extensions capable of stealing credentials and other sensitive data. This “… continues a dangerous trend that’s accelerated over the past month: CI/CD pipelines have become the new perimeter,” said Eli Woodward, Cyber Threat Intelligence Advisor at Team…
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New npm supply-chain attack self-spreads to steal auth tokens
A new supply chain attack targeting the Node Package Manager (npm) ecosystem is stealing developer credentials and attempting to spread through packages published from compromised accounts. […]
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Vercel Confirms Cyber Incident After Sophisticated Attacker Exploits Third‑Party Tool
Cloud app developer Vercel appears to have suffered a security breach
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Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories
Our research on Void Dokkaebi’s operations uncovered a campaign that turns infected developer repositories into malware delivery channels. By spreading through trusted workflows, organizational codebases, and open-source projects, the threat can scale from a single compromise to a broader supply chain risk.
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Cloudflare Launches Mesh to Secure the AI Agent Lifecycle
Cloudflare Mesh helps any developer encrypt every human, code, and agent connection point without ever exposing internal infrastructure and data to the public Internet
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Rockstar Games receives “pay or leak” warning after cyberattack
Rockstar Games, the developer behind titles such as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, has confirmed a cyberattack claimed by hacking group ShinyHunters, which says it accessed the company’s Snowflake environment and obtained data. The attackers exploited Anodot, a third-party SaaS platform used for cloud cost monitoring and analytics, as the entry point and…
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Key Difference Between an App Developer vs Web Developer
In this post, I will talk about the key difference between an app developer vs web developer. App development is the process where app developers are hired to carry forward the idea and proceed with the development of the mobile apps. Whereas, LA app developers are known for implementing complex APIs and building versatile mobile…
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Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects
Microsoft has suspended developer accounts used to maintain multiple high-profile open-source projects without proper notification and no way to quickly reinstate them, effectively blocking them from publishing new software builds and security patches for Windows users. […]
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NomShub Vulnerability Chain Exposes Hidden Risks in AI Coding Tools
A vulnerability chain in an AI-powered code editor is raising alarms about how autonomous developer tools can be turned against their users. Dubbed NomShub, the flaw allows attackers to gain persistent shell access simply by luring a developer into opening a malicious repository — no traditional exploit required. “When an AI agent can execute shell…
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How LiteLLM Turned Developer Machines Into Credential Vaults for Attackers
The most active piece of enterprise infrastructure in the company is the developer workstation. That laptop is where credentials are created, tested, cached, copied, and reused across services, bots, build tools, and now local AI agents. In March 2026, the TeamPCP threat actor proved just how valuable developer machines are. Their supply chain attack on
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Claude Code Leak Exposes AI Supply Chain Threats
A leak involving Anthropic’s Claude Code has drawn attention from the cybersecurity and developer communities, exposing internal components of the AI coding agent and introducing potential risks for organizations. “The significance of this leak is in what the code reveals about AI agent architecture. The leak exposed approximately 512,000 lines of TypeScript across roughly 1,900…
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Cloudflare announces secure, open-source, WordPress-compatible CMS – EmDash
Cloudflare has entered the content management market with the early developer preview of EmDash, an open-source CMS positioned as a secure alternative to WordPress. It uses no WordPress code, but aims to be compatible with WordPress add-ons, and also aims to be secure from the onset – solving one of the most significant and enduring…
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Anthropic Races to Contain Leak of Code Behind Claude AI Agent
The developer has issued a copyright takedown request in bid to prevent competitors from cloning coding tool’s features.
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Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement
Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, before it expands globally next year.…
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Axios npm packages backdoored in supply chain attack
An unknown attacker has compromised the GitHub and npm accounts of the main developer of Axios, a widely used HTTP client library, and published npm packages backdoored with a malicious dependency that triggered the installation of droppers and remote access trojans. How the attack unfolded On March 30, 2026, with an account using a separate…
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Suspected Hijacked Developer Accounts Spread npm Malware
Sonatype uncovers a sophisticated malware campaign using hijacked npm developer accounts to steal API keys and passwords. Is your dev environment at risk?
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PyPI warns developers after LiteLLM malware found stealing cloud and CI/CD credentials
PyPI is warning of possible credential theft from AI applications and developer pipelines after two malicious versions of the widely used Python middleware for large language models, LiteLLM, were briefly published. “Anyone who has installed and run the project should assume any credentials available to the LiteLLM environment may have been exposed, and revoke/rotate them…
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How digital brains for humanoid robots are being built
Every year, the highlight of Nvidia’s GTC developer event is a cool robot chilling out with CEO Jensen Huang during his keynote. At last year’s event, Blue a bipedal robot, fumbled around the stage, disobeyed Huang’s simple commands and navigated in seemingly random directions. This year, the robot was Olaf from the animated movie Frozen.…
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New CanisterWorm Targets Kubernetes Clusters, Deploys “Kamikaze” Wiper
CanisterWorm spreads via npm supply chain attack, hijacks developer accounts, targets Kubernetes clusters, and deploys destructive Kamikaze wiper payload.
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Registration Open for Avalara NEXT 2026: Exploring the Future of Agentic Tax and Compliance
GUEST EVENT: Virtual event on March 26 will highlight agentic AI, new developer tools, and partner ecosystem innovation
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Fake Claude Code Install Pages Spread Infostealer Malware
Threat actors are exploiting a common developer habit — copying installation commands directly from websites — to distribute malware through fake software installation pages. Security researchers at Push Security recently uncovered a campaign targeting users of Anthropic’s Claude Code, a popular command-line AI coding assistant. The attackers are using cloned websites and malicious search advertisements…
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Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS
Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source project Sage inserts an interception layer between an AI agent and those operations, checking each action before it proceeds. The project applies the term Agent Detection & Response (ADR)…
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Star Citizen game dev discloses breach affecting user data
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the game developer behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, says attackers breached systems containing some users’ personal information in January. […]
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New York sues Valve for promoting illegal gambling via game loot boxes
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued video game developer and publisher Valve Corporation for using game loot boxes to facilitate illegal gambling activities among children and teenagers. […]
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Apple’s iOS adoption data shows consistency
Apple has published its official iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 adoption figures on its developer website. While they do show a slightly slower upgrade pace than in past years, it’s far from the dramatic falloff implied by StatCounter earlier this year following a change in how it gathered this information. What are the latest adoption numbers? The company says…
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From Exposure to Exploitation: How AI Collapses Your Response Window
We’ve all seen this before: a developer deploys a new cloud workload and grants overly broad permissions just to keep the sprint moving. An engineer generates a “temporary” API key for testing and forgets to revoke it. In the past, these were minor operational risks, debts you’d eventually pay down during a slower cycle. In…
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Encrypted RCS messaging support lands in Apple’s iOS 26.4 developer build
Apple is testing end-to-end encrypted Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging in the iOS 26.4 developer beta. Apple has added end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to the iOS and iPadOS 26.4 developer beta. The feature, still in testing, will roll out in a future update across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. Apple notes that E2EE is not…
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Apple Tests End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging in iOS 26.4 Developer Beta
Apple on Monday released a new developer beta of iOS and iPadOS with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Rich Communications Services (RCS) messages. The feature is currently available for testing in iOS and iPadOS 26.4 Beta, and is expected to be shipped to customers in a future update for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS.…
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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian software developer who vibe coded the popular OpenClaw autonomous AI agent, has joined OpenAI. “My next mission is to build an agent that even my mum can use. That’ll need a much broader change, a lot more thought on how to do it safely, and access to the very latest models…
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Former GitHub CEO launches Entire to rebuild software development for the agentic era
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has unveiled a new developer platform startup, Entire, backed by a US$60 million seed round – reportedly the largest seed investment ever raised for developer tools – signalling what may be the next major shift in how software is created in an AI-driven world.
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Microsoft Store updated with a new CLI, analytics, and Web Installer improvements
Microsoft has introduced new developer tools, updates to developer analytics, and a Web Installer in the Microsoft Store on Windows to help developers build and scale apps on the platform. “The Microsoft Store on Windows continues to evolve, shaped by ongoing feedback from developers building and scaling apps on the platform. Over the past months,…
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UiPath acquires WorkFusion to automate KYC processes
UiPath has acquired agentic AI developer WorkFusion to expand and strengthen its portfolio of AI-powered industry solutions. The deal will add WorkFusion’s offerings to UiPath’s portfolio of products for the financial services and banking industries. By using WorkFusion’s pre-built library of AI agents, UiPath said, customers will be able save time on the most labor-intensive aspects of…