They are often trained on public domain code, which can be secure or insecure. The AI coding assistant is not able to identify which is which. It also rewrites code from these sources without noticing any logical issues that might exist. AI is rewarded based on whether it completes a task, not if it is done well, so it might create code that is not secure or without necessary security controls.
It's been another challenging week for the React ecosystem. Developers worldwide have been rushing to update their React versions to patch two new vulnerabilities. This serves as a good reminder for all of us to prioritize security during testing. Fortunately, React Native remains mostly unaffected by these threats, as Server Components aren't yet widely used in the mobile environment. We are taking a well-deserved Christmas break 🎄 so this will be our last issue until January 14th.
A hype cycle as overwhelming and logic-defying as the AI boom comes with its own whirlwind succession of trends that are their own mini booms driven by billions of dollars of money. Once the world got used to large language model-powered AI chatbots, autonomous AI agents became the next big thing. This past year, video generating models have been having their time in the Sun after rapid improvements.
The vulnerabilities on ControlVault USHs were potentially highly dangerous. These laptop models are widely-used in the cybersecurity industry, government settings and challenging environments in their rugged version.
I am very nervous that we have an impending, significant, impending fraud crisis. A thing that terrifies me is apparently there are still some financial institutions that will accept a voice print as authentication for you to move a lot of money.
These vulnerabilities could be remotely exploited to allow remote code execution, disclosure of information, server-side request forgery, authentication bypass, arbitrary file deletion, and directory traversal information disclosure vulnerabilities.
