RIBridges has many lines of defense. How was the system breached?

This article by Alexander Castro originally appeared in Rhode Island Current on January 10, 2025 and is republished here under Creative Commons License. Rhode Island’s online public benefits system appears to be a fortress with many defenses, including… Continue reading RIBridges has many lines of defense. How was the system breached?

Oracle Won’t Withdraw ‘JavaScript’ Trademark, Says Deno. Legal Skirmish Continues

“Oracle has informed us they won’t voluntarily withdraw their trademark on ‘JavaScript’.” That’s the word coming from the company behind Deno, the alternative JavaScript/TypeScript/WebAssembly runtime, which is pursuing a formal cancellation with the U… Continue reading Oracle Won’t Withdraw ‘JavaScript’ Trademark, Says Deno. Legal Skirmish Continues

WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables

Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a new stealthy credit card skimmer campaign that targets WordPress e-commerce checkout pages by inserting malicious JavaScript code into a database table associated with the content management system (CMS).
“Thi… Continue reading WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables

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GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community

In this Help Net Security, Alexis Wales, CISO at GitHub, discusses how GitHub embeds security into every aspect of its platform to protect millions of developers and repositories, ensuring it remains a trustworthy platform for building secure software…. Continue reading GitHub CISO on security strategy and collaborating with the open-source community