A group of more than two dozen malicious npm packages used to steal secrets and credentials from software developers has all the hallmarks – from infrastructure to operations – of Famous Chollima, the North Korean nation-state actor linked to the ongoing high-profile Contagious Interview scam. Threat researchers with Socket and Kieran Miyamoto of the DPRK […]
OpenAI Shifts Toward Autonomous Team Model with Codex Desktop Launch
OpenAI has launched a macOS desktop application for Codex, signaling a strategic pivot from simple artificial intelligence (AI) pair-programming to a complex command center for autonomous coding agents. The news, announced Monday, moves Codex beyond its origins as a command-line tool and IDE extension. By creating a dedicated desktop interface, OpenAI is positioning its AI […]
CircleCI Adds CI/CD Service for macOS Development
CircleCI today added a dedicated continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) edition of its namesake platform for developers building applications on the macOS platform. Jim Rose, CircleCI CEO, said this offering is aimed at developers that either want dedicated resources to speed up their build processes or have to address compliance and security requirements that prevent them […]
Developing Apps for IOS 13: Things to Consider
Authors of numerous articles and videos have covered all the bells and whistles built into iOS 13, the latest major iteration of Apple’s mobile operating system. Rather than diving into all of these perks, though, I will focus on the changes for app developers. As it often happens, Apple introduced many proprietary applications that successfully […]
Which Desktop OS Is Best for DevOps?
Which operating system (OS) is best for DevOps engineers to use on their workstations? That’s a weighty question. Talk about which OS is “best” for any purpose is always controversial. I’m not going to stick my neck out by saying that one OS is definitively better than others when it comes to doing DevOps work. […]
macOS Goes Password-Free with Introduction of Octopus Authentication
Octopus Authentication is the market’s first password-free multi-factor authentication solution for Mac business users Tel Aviv, Israel – October 24, 2018 – Secret Double Octopus, the leader in password-free authentication technology, announced today its Octopus Authentication solution is now available for Mac enterprise users. Octopus Authentication is the first high-assurance, password-free authentication for macOS within corporate networks managed by Microsoft’s Active Directory. As companies […]