JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...

Why a 2017 Linux bug is now a major concern for the crypto industry

The Linux vulnerability affecting crypto infrastructure security A recently uncovered security flaw in Linux is drawing ...

My aging family kept falling for scams. For $20, I built a no-code app to protect them.

Matter Sanner, 54, vibe coded an app using Cursor called ScamSkeptic for his aging family, who had fallen victim to scams.

What’s a coding course for in the age of AI? Maybe not learning to write it

Intro to Programming courses at NC State still have a no-AI policy. Heckman and Roberts are committed to that, unlike Jordan.

"Copy Fail" is a rare Linux bug that can turn an unprivileged user into a root admin in seconds

Copy Fail could represent a significant security risk in the making. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at ...

There’s no rogue McDonald’s AI bot, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies

There appears to be a recent epidemic of users hijacking companies’ AI-powered customer service bots to turn them into ...
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UK cyber chiefs say it's time to ditch passwords for passkeys - what are they?

People in the UK have been urged to start ditching passwords in favour of passkeys, where available, as a way to secure their accounts online. Passwords have long been the default way many people set ...

The 'Learn to Code' era is over — as an AI editor, here's the 'Intent Architecture' roadmap I’m giving my kids instead

Coding is becoming a background task. Discover why the "syntax barrier" has vanished and the three orchestration skills I’m teaching my kids to survive the AI agent era.

How I vibe-coded a web tool in three days with no programming experience

AI chatbots make it possible for people who can’t code to build apps, sites and tools. But it’s decidedly problematic.