Cursor Acquires Graphite to Streamline AI-Powered Development
Cursor, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant valued at $29 billion, has acquired code review startup Graphite to address what Cursor CEO Michael Truell describes as a growing bottleneck in software development. The companies declined to disclose financial terms but confirmed the transaction involves a mix of cash and equity. While AI has dramatically accelerated […]
WhiteCobra Targets Developers with Dozens of Malicious Extensions
A threat group is dropping two dozen malicious extensions into the VSCode and Open VSX marketplaces, targeting developers using the VSCode, Cursor, and Windsurf source code editing tools with the goal of draining cryptocurrency wallets. Researchers with security firm Koi Security have been tracking WhiteCobra’s activities for more than a year as the bad actors […]
Open Source Software Security Concerns with Spike Curtis
Spike Curtis, principal engineer for Coder Technologies, dives into why open source software security concerns are valid, and why the only viable option is to invest more in securing software supply chains to mitigate potential threats. While open source benefits from community oversight, organizations must vet the projects they rely on to avoid security gaps. […]
Delta CEO Puts Price Tag on CrowdStrike Damage: $500 Million
Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Ed Bastian has put a price tag on CrowdStrike Inc.’s debilitating outage to his airline, $500 million, leaving the company “no choice” but to seek damages from five days of disruptions.
Sysdig Identifies Cyberattacks on GitLab Platforms Using Binaries
Sysdig Threat Research Team uncovers cyberattacks using binaries written in Go and .NET are compromising on-premises editions of GitLab.