Abstract: In recent years, the development of Solidity smart contracts has been increasing rapidly in popularity. Code cloning is a common coding practice, and many prior studies have revealed that ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new extensions on Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that are designed to infect developer machines with stealer malware. The VS Code ...

Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced three new AI agents it calls “frontier agents,” including one designed to learn how you like to work and then operate on its own for days. Each of these agents ...

Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2025 – Shinsō, the AI (artificial intelligence)-powered translation layer for blockchain source code, announced today it was the recipient of the highly coveted ACM SIGSOFT ...

Vibe coding — the fast-growing trend of using generative AI to spin up code from plain-language prompts — is quick, creative, and great for instant prototypes. But many argue that it's not cut out for ...

A remote access trojan dubbed SleepyDuck, and disguised as the well-known Solidity extension in the Open VSX open-source registry, uses an Ethereum smart contract to establish a communication channel ...

QR codes are quickly replacing the traditional barcode as the new essential tool shaping modern retail. A decade ago, they were just a simple way to connect in-store and online shopping, but now they ...

The coordinated campaign abuses Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX extensions to steal code, mine cryptocurrency, and maintain remote control, all while posing as legitimate developer tools. In a new ...

A threat actor called TigerJack is constantly targeting developers with malicious extensions published on Microsoft's Visual Code (VSCode) marketplace and OpenVSX registry to steal cryptocurrency and ...