AppsFlyer Web SDK used to spread crypto stealer JavaScript code

Malicious JavaScript code delivered by the AppsFlyer Web SDK hijacked cryptocurrency, potentially in a supply-chain attack.

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...
Defense Mirror

Iran Broadcasts Encrypted Code via ‘Numbers Stations’ to Neighboring Countries

Iranian “numbers stations” broadcasting to nearby countries have reportedly started sending encrypted messages made up of numbers, words, or letters. This is according to a report by Russian Arms ...
IEEE

A Survey on the Quantum Security of Block Cipher-Based Cryptography

Abstract: The development of quantum computers represents an important advancement in computing, using quantum mechanics to address problems that were previously difficult to solve. This technological ...
IEEE

Javascript Code Simplification And Optimization Based On Hybrid Static and Dynamic Analysis Techniques

Abstract: With the increasing complexity of Web application functions, JavaScript libraries are widely used to improve development efficiency and user experience. However, many applications do not ...
Bleeping Computer

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 ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...