Clean GitHub repo tricks AI coding agents into running malware

An agentic coding tool tasked with cloning and setting up a seemingly benign GitHub repository could execute a malicious ...
Microsoft

AutoJack: How a single page can RCE the host running your AI agent

Ongoing research into AI agent framework security identified an exploit chain in AutoGen Studio (AutoGen’s open-source prototyping user interface) that allows untrusted web content rendered by a ...

OpenAI: Yoo-hoo, look over here, we do that security stuff too!

Speaking of Codex: OpenAI on Monday released a Codex Security plugin⁠ that the company says “enables out-of-the-box defensive ...

I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.
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If you are serious about automating with GAS, you should have solidified your Python basics first

I will be honest. At first, I tried to write Google Apps Script (GAS) right away and got stuck in a big way. The trigger was the repetitive monthly inquiry handling work at my workplace. Every time an ...
Bleeping Computer

Chinese APT deploys new malware to keep access to hacked networks

A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. An investigation ...
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[Java Programming] Prevent null errors! Approaches to safe data retrieval and efficient conditional logic in Maps

In the development of web applications and business systems, the process of retrieving detailed information linked to a specific identifier is the foundation of all functionality. In Java, the "Map," ...