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Django Weblog

Django is moving to an annual release cycle

Django's Steering Council has accepted the Django Enhancement Proposal DEP 20 to move Django to an annual release cycle. From January 2028, Django will make one feature release a year, giving every feature release the LTS-level three years of support, and version numbers will carry the feature release year: Django 2028, then Django 2029, and so on. Better Python support Python releases annually, each October. Django's eight-month cycle hasn't fit that well: LTS releases carried a wide Python mat

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SecurityWeek

Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack

Using social engineering, a threat actor accessed the computers of three employees and exfiltrated data from them. The post Corporate Data Stolen in Levi Strauss Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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The Hacker News

Solidity Pro VS Code Extensions Steal Crypto Wallets, API Keys, and Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named Solidity Pro ("solidity-pro") that has been observed delivering a browser wallet and credential stealer. The names of the extensions are below - helper-beeps.solidity-pro web3devtoolsx.solidity-pro Although neither of the extensions is now available on Open VSX, the GitHub repository

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The Hacker News

OpenAI's Next AI Model Astra Shows Cyber Performance Strong Enough to Trigger Pause

OpenAI has announced that it's pausing some "internal activities" involving its upcoming artificial intelligence (AI) model Astra after an internal evaluation found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity. In response to the discovery, the AI upstart said it's implementing security controls for higher-capability models and associated activities, such as isolated

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