North Korean hackers target macOS developers with malware hidden in Visual Studio Code task configuration files.

North Korean hackers abuse Visual Studio Code task files in fake job projects to deploy backdoors, spyware, and crypto miners ...

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The xcc700 is a very small, lightweight C compiler designed specifically for the ESP32 microcontroller. It is like a mini version of GCC or clang, but this system has some limitations. Instead of ...

Microsoft is exploring a bold long-term project to fundamentally transform the way it builds software: the company aims to replace its legacy C and C++ code with the Rust programming language across ...

Microsoft is building a team dedicated to eliminating “every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030,” which might touch Windows 11. While C powers the bulk of the Windows kernel and low-level ...

Microsoft plans an ambitious AI-powered overhaul to replace legacy C and C++ code with Rust by 2030. Microsoft may be gearing up for one of the boldest engineering transformations the software ...

Microsoft is planning a significant overhaul of Rust by utilising AI-driven systems to rewrite its legacy C and C++ code at an unprecedented scale. Microsoft may be preparing for one of the most ...

Microsoft is taking an impressive step in modernizing its biggest codebases and will eliminate all C/C++ code by the end of the decade, replacing it with Rust. “My goal is to eliminate every line of C ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote code execution without authentication in React and Next.js applications.

A newly disclosed flaw in the Cursor extension allows repositories to automatically execute code when a folder is opened, even without a developer’s consent. The issue stems from the extension’s ...