How To Leverage AI Coding Tools Without Sacrificing Code Quality

Engineering teams can’t afford to treat AI as a hands-off solution; instead, they must learn how to balance experimentation ...
IEEE

CODE-SMASH: Source-Code Vulnerability Detection Using Siamese and Multi-Level Neural Architecture

Abstract: The rapid evolution of software development, propelled by competitive demands and the continuous integration of new features, frequently leads to inadvertent security oversights. Traditional ...
IEEE

Beyond Syntax: How Do LLMs Understand Code?

Abstract: Within software engineering research, Large Language Models (LLMs) are often treated as ‘black boxes’, with only their inputs and outputs being considered. In this paper, we take a machine ...
The Hacker News

Malicious VS Code AI Extensions with 1.5 Million Installs Steal Developer Source Code

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants, but also harbor ...
TechRadar

North Korean hackers target Microsoft Virtual Studio Code

Lazarus group’s Contagious Interview campaign abuses Visual Studio Code via malicious Git repositories Attackers deliver JavaScript payloads on macOS, enabling persistent data harvesting and C2 ...