IT as Code
Sophisticated Supply Chain Attack Targeting Trivy Expands to Checkmarx, LiteLLM
Jeff Burt | | AI (Artificial Intelligence), AI supply chain attacks, Aqua Security Trivy, Checkmarx, Cloud Security, credentials, exposed secrets, GitHub Actions, LiteLLM, microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Sysdig, TeamPCPThe supply chain attack that compromised Aqua Security’s Trivy open source security vulnerability scanner and its associated GitHub Actions earlier this month continues to expand, with software development tools from Checkmarx and ...
Codenotary Previews AI Platform to Autonomously Detect and Remediate IT Issues
Codenotary is previewing a software-as–a-service (SaaS) platform that enables artificial intelligence (AI) agents it has developed to autonomously detect, prioritize, and fix security, configuration, and performance issues. Company CEO Moshe Bar said ...
N. Korean Famous Chollima Hackers Use Malicious npm Packages to Steal Data
Jeff Burt | | Contagious Interview, Famous Chollima, infostealer, linux, macOS, malicious npm packages, Microsoft Windows, Pastebin, remote access trojan (RAT), Socket, software developers, typosquattingA 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, ...
ControlMonkey Extends IaC Automation Reach to Restore Network Services
ControlMonkey has extended its platform for automating infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to add an ability to reprovision network services following a disruption in service. Company CEO Aharon Twizer said this extension to the Cloud ...
‘PackageGate’ Vulnerabilities Can Let Attackers Bypass Shai-Hulud Defenses
Jeff Burt | | Aikido Security, Bun, Git dependency, github, Koi Security, microsoft, npm registry, PhantomRaven, PNPM, remote code execution, Shai-Hulud worm, supply chain attack, VLTIn the wake of the massive Shai-Hulud supply chain attack that ripped through npm late last year and compromised more than 700 packages and exposed 25,000 repositories, developers in the JavaScript world ...
From Reactive to Predictive: Capacity Planning Systems That Actually Work
Muhammad Yawar Malik | | capacity planning, cloud infrastructure, Predictive Analytics, reliability engineering, scalingI used to think capacity planning was about setting up CloudWatch alarms and hoping they'd fire before things broke. Spoiler: that's not capacity planning—that's just reactive firefighting with extra steps. Real capacity ...
Attackers Testing New Strain of Shai-Hulud on npm: Aikido
Jeff Burt | | Aikido Security, GitHub repositories, information stealing, JavaScript, leaked secrets, npm registry, Shai-Hulud wormThreat actors behind the virulent Shai-Hulud worm that wreaked havoc in open npm repositories toward the end of 2025 apparently are trying out a new strain that comes with slight modifications. Security ...
Observability, SRE and Uptime in Telehealth Platforms: A DevOps Playbook
Michael Chukwube | | cloud infrastructure, devops, incident management, observability, Patient Data Security, resilience engineering, site reliability engineering, TelehealthVirtual care went from nice to have to must have during the COVID-19 pandemic and while in-person visits are starting to pick up again, telemedicine is here to stay. Its growth will ...
Crates.io Removes Malicious Rust Package Targeting Web3 Developers
Jeff Burt | | cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Ethereum Virtual Machine, Rust programming, supply chain attackA malicious Rust package that was found to be downloading payloads aimed at stealing cryptocurrency was removed from the crates.io Rust package registry, along with another package by the same author that ...
System Initiative Extends Reach of IT Infrastructure Automation Platform
System Initiative today revealed it is now extending the reach of its digital twin platform for automating the management of IT infrastructure to any cloud computing environment, including now out-of-the-box support for ...
Massive VS Code Secrets Leak Puts Focus on Extensions, AI: Wiz
Researchers with cybersecurity firm Wiz earlier this year discovered, almost by chance, a significant supply chain risk and massive secrets leak in the Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX marketplaces that they said ...
The Leadership Mindset for Sustainable DevOps Cost Optimization
Jyostna Seelam | | cloud cost management, Cost transparency in DevOps, DevOps cost optimization, Engineering leadership, Sustainable DevOps practicesFrom seeing costs as an external burden imposed by finance to recognizing them as an integral signal of engineering health ...
