Category: Programming

by James Steward
Dropbox Breach: Hackers Unauthorizedly Accessed 130 GitHub … – The Hacker News

File hosting service Dropbox on Tuesday disclosed that it was the victim of a phishing campaign that allowed unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to 130 of its source code repositories on GitHub.“These repositories included our own copies of third-party libraries slightly modified for use by Dropbox, internal prototypes, and some tools and configuration…

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Open source code for commercial software applications is ubiquitous, but so is the risk – TechRepublic

Open source code for commercial software applications is ubiquitous, but so is the riskYour email has been sent As the SolarWinds and Log4j hacks show, vulnerabilities in open source software used in application development can open doors for attackers with vast consequences. A new study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” the…

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FanDuel Ohio promo code: Sign up, get $100 now, launch bonus on … – AMNY

Tackle the city, with our help.Manage your settings.FanDuel Sportsbook is aiming to help Ohio’s residents take advantage of the final weeks before the state’s sports betting launch. A FanDuel Ohio promo code promises pre-registrants a generous helping of site credit just for creating an account today.OHIO PRE-LAUNCHThis page’s links all input that FanDuel Ohio promo…

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Z-Wave Source Code Project is Complete, Available to Alliance … – Residential Tech Today

December 14th, 2022 Jeremy Glowacki The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology, has completed the Z-Wave Source Code project. The project opens development of Z-Wave and enables members to contribute code to shape the future of the protocol under the supervision of the new OS Work…

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Twitter data leak, Uber hit with another breach, Chinese crypto gang … – CISO Series

On Friday, Twitter confirmed that earlier this year someone had potentially exploited a vulnerability that Twitter discovered back in January but took until June to fix. The flaw enabled someone submitting an email address to Twitter’s systems to find an associated phone number (if one existed) and vice versa. Twitter learned that vulnerability was taken…

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Praetorian Open Sources Nosey Parker Regular Expression-Based … – businesswire.com

Company Invites Community to Contribute New Use Cases, Rules to Improve the Secret Scanner Tool Praetorian Open Sources Nosey Parker Regular Expression-Based Scanning Capabilities (Photo: Business Wire)Praetorian Open Sources Nosey Parker Regular Expression-Based Scanning Capabilities (Photo: Business Wire) AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Praetorian, a leading offensive security company, announced that it has open-sourced the regular expression-based (RegEx)…

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Key takeaways from IT security events in 2022 – The Enterprisers Project

User account menuMain navigationAs I reflect on the trio of technology industry events I’ve attended over the last few months, security stands out as the dominant theme across all three.At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon (henceforth just KubeCon), which the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) runs, the approximately 7,500 in-person attendees could walk up to dozens of security…

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Combining Computer Programming and Creativity, the new B.S. in … – College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Jump to navigation Established in fall 2020, the B.S. in Game Design and Development major in the School of Information, provides undergraduate students with the real-world skills and experience needed to create virtual interactive environments that span across devices and platforms.In the major, students learn how to create games for entertainment but also virtual reality simulations for training, education,…

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Code Ninjas, the game dev and programming bootcamp for kids, is … – Technical.ly

Software DevelopmentApr. 11, 2022 5:35 pmAdvertisementDavid Ballinger (left) and Jordan Smith of Code Ninjas’ first Philly location.(Courtesy photo)Another branch of the franchise, which runs an international curriculum that has locations across the US, Canada and the UK, opened last year in Horsham, joining a nearby location in Downingtown. But Philly proper doesn’t have a location…

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OpenAI's new chatbot can explain code and write sitcom scripts but … – The Verge

By James VincentOpenAI has released a prototype general purpose chatbot that demonstrates a fascinating array of new capabilities but also shows off weaknesses familiar to the fast-moving field of text-generation AI. And you can test out the model for yourself right here.ChatGPT is adapted from OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 model but trained to provide more conversational answers….

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