Tag: cybersecurity
Threat campaign fooling developers in GitHub repos
A threat campaign has been targeting software developers through GitHub repos that, at first glance, look completely legitimate. Security researchers from ReversingLabs found over 60 GitHub repos containing what appeared to be ordinary hacking tools written in Python. But, look a bit closer – or rather, scroll a bit further right – and you’d find…
JavaScript packages hide ‘protestware’ against Russian users
Security researchers from Socket have stumbled upon a digital booby trap set for Russian-language users within JavaScript packages. The researchers found two npm packages – with the rather innocuous names @link-loom/ui-sdk and @link-loom-react-sdk – that look normal on the surface. They’re designed to help developers create nice-looking pop-up notifications in web applications. Yet, beneath this…
Insights from FutureMed X Summit, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Being home to the world’s largest population with skewed distribution of resources, the quest of ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare at an affordable cost stands as a herculean challenge in India. Compounding to this, is the burgeoning demographic cohort, moving closer towards a chronic ailment behemoth tied with the concern of elderly…
Future of development or risky shortcut?
So-called “vibe coding” is both exciting and a little unnerving—it’s a shift away from the painstaking, line-by-line grind of traditional coding towards something more fluid and conversational. The idea behind vibe coding is that you can collaborate with an AI, describe what you want, and watch as it constructs a working application. It promises a…
TikTok’s Chinese owner may get more time to sell, Trump suggests – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 17, 2025 10:17 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app. Trump had signed an order in early April to…
A nonprofit service with premium performance
Proton VPN stands out for two main reasons: it’s one of the only virtual private networks (VPNs) to include a free plan with no data limits, and it’s one of the few services majority-owned by a nonprofit. It’s the best VPN in both of those categories, and it makes a strong case for being the…
Veracode unravels 12-layer npm attack to find RAT
Security researchers at Veracode, during their routine monitoring of the open-source world, stumbled upon two seemingly harmless software packages on the popular npm repository. However, when they looked inside, they weren’t greeted with code; instead, they faced a wall of Unicode characters, predominantly in Japanese Katakana and Hiragana. “What started as an investigation into a…
The best VPN services
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are notoriously difficult to work with. Maybe you’re a remote worker who has to sign in to one each day to access company services, or you tried it once because you heard you could use it to access international content, but were met with laggy service and frequent disruptions. Today’s VPNs…
Fast speeds and a low learning curve
ExpressVPN is good at its job. It’s easy to be skeptical of any service with a knack for self-promotion, but don’t let ExpressVPN’s hype distract you from the fact that it keeps its front-page promise of “just working.” Outside of solid security, the two best things ExpressVPN offers are fast speeds and a simple interface….
Package lurking in npm for six years waits to destroy your work
Socket’s threat researchers have uncovered a package lurking in npm for six years that awaits a remote command to wipe projects. The culprit? A package called xlsx-to-json-lh, which mimics the legitimate xlsx-to-json-lc package. Notice the difference? Just one letter separates them, a ‘h’ instead of a ‘c’ – an easy mistake for even careful developers…