Russian hacker uses multiple AI tools to break hundreds of firewalls

A low-skilled threat actor was able to do a lot with the help of AI, Amazon researchers warn.

Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ‘casualty’ of this was the legendary firm IBM, whose stocks fell.
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Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens

The module targets Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Continue, and Windsurf. It also harvests API keys for nine large language models (LLM) providers: ...

AI helps novice threat actor compromise FortiGate devices in dozens of countries

Generative AI tools analyzed target networks and wrote exploit code, enabling an opportunistic attacker to have an outsized ...
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VS Code v1.110 Insiders: AI Agents Gain Native Browser Access and Global Instructions

The VS Code 1.110 cycle is putting more 'hands-on' capabilities into chat, led by native browser integration that lets AI agents interact with page elements, capture screenshots, and pull real-time ...

Python not working in Visual Studio Code Terminal

If Python is not working in Visual Studio Code Terminal, you receive Python is not recognized, or the script fails to execute ...
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In Agentic AI, It's All About the Markdown

Markdown is emerging in VS Code and Visual Studio 2026 as a version-controlled instruction layer that governs AI agents, ...
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Is It Legal to Browse the Dark Web? Myths, Facts, and How to Access It Safely

You've probably heard of the dark web, but what's actually on it? These 5 tips can help you explore the dark web using Tails, Tor, and a VPN, assuming you actually want to go see.