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North Korean Hackers Abuse VS Code Auto-Run Tasks to Deploy StoatWaffle Malware

North Korean hackers exploit VS Code tasks.json auto-run since Dec 2025 to deploy StoatWaffle malware, stealing data and ...

As ‘Spamalot’ returns to L.A., Eric Idle is feeling sentimental about his epic career

As 'Spamalot' returns to the Hollywood Pantages, Eric Idle says of absurdist comedy, 'these are the sort of times when we ...
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 ...
IEEE

Evaluating Python Static Code Analysis Tools Using FAIR Principles

Abstract: The quality of modern software relies heavily on the effective use of static code analysis tools. To improve their usefulness, these tools should be evaluated using a framework that ...
CSOonline

Contagious Interview turns VS Code into an attack vector

Threat actors behind the campaign are abusing Microsoft Visual Studio Code’s trusted workflows to execute and persist malicious code. Threat actors behind the long-running Contagious Interview ...
Dark Reading

'Contagious Interview' Attack Now Delivers Backdoor Via VS Code

The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign are employing a new mechanism that uses Microsoft Visual Studio Code to deliver a previously unseen backdoor that enables remote ...
PCGamesN

Code Vein 2 doesn't use generative AI because its dev values "art style" and the "cohesiveness" of its world

Code Vein 2 is right around the corner, and it's poised to deliver both a mechanical evolution and a narrative reset for the anime RPG. Bandai Namco's latest keeps the fundamentals that made its ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’

AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
Hackaday

Simple Tricks To Make Your Python Code Faster

Python has become one of the most popular programming languages out there, particularly for beginners and those new to the hacker/maker world. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to get something up and ...
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The Code Killer | Interview with a Killer

David Scott sits down with Benjamin Delgadillo, who admits he followed a violent street code the night he forcibly tattooed and killed Younis Alhassinyani What we know about the 2 National Guard ...