Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware

Come for the coding test, stay for the C2 traffic Next.js developers are once again in the crosshairs as hackers seed ...
Microsoft

Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...
The Hacker News

Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware

Four rogue NuGet packages and one npm package stole ASP.NET Identity data, deployed C2 backdoors, and reached over 50,000 ...

Someone built an x86 CPU emulator using pure CSS, for science

The recently unveiled x86CSS project aims to emulate an x86 processor within a web browser. Unlike many other web-based ...

Anthropic acquires AI startup Vercept to enhance Claude’s computer use features

Vercept’s first investor was a Seattle-based startup incubator called AI2 Incubator. The organization started out as a unit ...
InfoWorld

The browser is your database: Local-first comes of age

The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...

FC Dallas could run proposed suburban soccer complex

While it lost the contract to operate MoneyGram Soccer Complex, FC Dallas is eager to help a new city manage a youth sports ...
InfoWorld

First look: Run LLMs locally with LM Studio

This desktop app for hosting and running LLMs locally is rough in a few spots, but still useful right out of the box. Dedicated desktop applications for agentic AI make it easier for relatively ...

What 5 Million Apps Revealed About Secrets in JavaScript

Leaked API keys are nothing new, but the scale of the problem in front-end code has been largely a mystery - until now. Intruder's research team built a new secrets detection method and scanned 5 ...