Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer's devices

The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, ...

Anthropic's Claude Code Security is available now after finding 500+ vulnerabilities: how security leaders should respond

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 surfaced 500+ high-severity vulnerabilities that survived decades of expert review. Fifteen days later, they shipped Claude Code Security. Here's what reasoning-based ...

Cangrade Launches Free Job Description Decoder Enabling Employers to Hire for the Skills that Predict Real Job Performance

WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cangrade, the AI candidate screening platform, today announced the launch of its Job Description Decoder, a free AI-powered job description analyzer ...
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Microsoft warns of job‑themed repo lures targeting developers with multi‑stage backdoors

Attackers used “technical assessment” projects with repeatable naming conventions to blend in cloning and build workflows, ...
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Anthropic Study: AI Coding Assistance Reduces Developer Skill Mastery by 17%

Anthropic research shows developers using AI assistance scored 17% lower on comprehension tests when learning new coding libraries, though productivity gains were not statistically significant. Those ...