Florida scientists built heated robo-rabbits to flush invasive pythons from hiding

To target one of Florida's most destructive invasive animals, researchers will be deploying realistic "robo-bunny" decoys ...
Nature

Exploring safe and practical ways to connect brains to machines

Directly linking the brain to a machine with a brain–computer interface (BCI) promises to transform the lives of people with paralysed limbs or speech loss. Despite some impressive demonstrations — ...
The Hacker News

North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets

JFrog says six malicious npm packages used hidden install-time execution, JSONKeeper fetches, and sandbox checks to enable remote access.
Bleeping Computer

ChocoPoc malware delivered via trojanized exploits on GitHub

Multiple weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits on GitHub delivered a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT) called ChocoPoC that can execute commands and steal sensitive data. However, ChocoPoC ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...
InfoWorld

VS Code stops trusting your code by default

VS Code 1.26 prevents automatic code execution for new project folders, lets users configure whether code can be executed ...