Threat actors are intensifying internet-wide scanning for Git configuration files that can reveal sensitive secrets and authentication tokens used to compromise cloud services and source code ...

Feature: Companies must realize they can be more than pure consumers, and public sector ought to go beyond 'promotion' ...

Security researchers are warning that data exposed to the internet, even for a moment, can linger in online generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot long after the data is made private. Thousands ...

Open source software has a number of benefits over commercial products, not least the fact that it can be downloaded for free. This means anyone can analyse the code and, assuming they have the right ...

GitHub announced updates to its Advanced Security platform after it detected over 39 million leaked secrets in repositories during 2024, including API keys and credentials, exposing users and ...

A while back, my ZDNET colleague David Gewirtz worried that someday AI coding agents could destroy open-source software. That day has come. A "="" ai="" coding="" agent"="">. Also: Coding with AI? My ...

Generative AI virtual assistant Amazon Q was unveiled by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky in 2023. Image: AWS A threat actor managed to insert a data-wiping prompt into Amazon’s AI coding assistant Q in July, ...

It has been a busy week for supply-chain attacks targeting open source software available in public repositories, with successful breaches of multiple developer accounts that resulted in malicious ...

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab worth more than $10 billion, a source familiar with the matter ...

AI startup DeepSeek announced plans to open-source five of its code repositories, a move aimed at fostering transparency and community-driven innovation. A code repository is a centralized storage ...