Attackers hijacked 1,500 Arch Linux packages to steal developer logins
A free add-on you grabbed for Arch Linux may have quietly stolen your passwords and the saved logins your apps use.
10,000 cloned GitHub repos slip trojans past VirusTotal link checks
Search GitHub for a coding tool, pick a project that looks completely real, download its zip file, and you quietly get a trojan instead.
A bad code download steals every password the moment you install it. Red Hat tools are the target.
Hackers hid malware inside a batch of Red Hat npm packages, and it steals your logins the moment you install them.
Why you should never run an 'npx' command from a social post
A developer tool posted on X this week asks you to paste one line into your terminal, and that line uploads your private AI chats to a company's servers.
A developer hid a trap in his code to make AI bots delete their work
A coder hid one secret line inside his free software. Read it as a human and you see nothing. Let an AI coding bot read it, and it can wipe out all your work.
RAM prices doubled in eight months and AI is the reason
A 32GB stick of DDR5 RAM cost about $150 in the summer of 2025. Today it goes for $300 or more. That's graphics card money.