The Next Frontier in AI-Assisted Software Development
It’s 2025, and coding agents are old news. It has become commonplace for programmers to work with an AI-powered agent, such as Copilot or Cursor, to help accelerate the software…
Chinese Hackers Exploit Software Vulnerabilities to Breach Targeted Systems
China’s Cyberspace Administration, Ministry of Public Security, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology introduced the Regulations on the Management of Network Product Security Vulnerabilities (RMSV) in July 2021, mandating…
Software Engineering in the LLM Era
engineering space, debates about whether using LLMs in coding is a good or a bad idea are raging. On the extremes, there are some people who think that any use…
84% of software developers are now using AI, but nearly half ‘don’t trust’ the technology over accuracy concerns
Software developers are using AI at record levels, new research shows, but they’re hesitant to place too much faith in the technology. Findings from Stack Overflow’s annual Developer Survey show…
AI-powered coding tool wiped out a software company’s database in ‘catastrophic failure’
A software engineer’s experiment with an AI-assisted “vibe coding” tool took a disastrous turn when an AI agent reportedly deleted a live company database during an active code freeze. Jason…
Researchers warn of cyberattacks targeting key Fortinet software
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical flaw in Fortinet’s FortiWeb Fabric Connector, according to cybersecurity experts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25257, involves an improper neutralization of special elements used in…