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Enterprises using the lightweight, open-source Flowise platform to power self-hosted AI workloads now have a new near-max-severity issue to worry about. Researchers at Obsidian Security have detailed a one-click remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting self-hosted Flowise deployments through its implementation of Model Context Protocol ( MCP ) stdio servers. The problem is essentially …

If the supreme goal for software development teams is to get high-quality products to market as quickly, efficiently, and securely as possible, then deploying AI-powered tools for devops might be the way to achieve that objective. AI-powered tools can help to speed up software delivery, enhance system reliability, and reduce operational costs by automating complex and repetitive tasks. They enabl…

Enterprise GenAI (generative AI) deployments succeed when teams run them with the same discipline they apply to other user-facing services. The model sits in the middle of a pipeline that handles identity, policy, retrieval, inference, and logging. Each stage affects quality, latency, cost, and risk. A pilot can hide these dependencies. Production traffic exposes them. Familiar sequences are seen…

Mitchell Hashimoto wants you to stop updating your dependencies , which, from a historical context, is certifiably insane. In fact, in the wake of Mythos and the potential to make zero-day exploits common , it still may sound insane. Yet after the spring npm just had, Hashimoto’s counsel may actually sound less like heresy and more like control. His rule? Fork your dependencies, trim them to what…

The first beta release of Python 3.15 has arrived. That means it’s time to discover all the best new features in Python, and especially its low-to-no impact profiling tools. Plus, with the recent debut of Mojo 1.0, you can see for yourself how the one-time Python challenger has set out on a path of its very own. Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld First look: Mojo 1.0 mixes Python and Rust …

Enterprises everywhere have been urging employees to adopt AI, with internal leaderboards springing up to show who has used the most AI tokens. Such games can backfire, though, as Amazon recently discovered. Kirorank, an unofficial leaderboard tracking usage of Amazon’s Kiro AI tool, ranked workers according to their AI activity, but senior managers at Amazon found that employees were creating AI…

The rapid uptake of agentic AI has exposed a range of issues with our non-deterministic helpers. That’s mainly because AI agents are not people and don’t behave like people, even though they generally use the same APIs as humans. For one thing, they make many more queries than a human would, as they build the necessary context to deliver a response. Anecdotal data from companies that have worked …

As AI agents become more numerous and more communicative, keeping track of where to find them is becoming increasingly important. Numerous proprietary agent registries are on the market, but the Linux Foundation suggests we simply extend the distributed, open Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure we already have. The foundation is now inviting contributions to the DNS-AID project, a standard wa…

Researchers in Switzerland claim to have built a perfect random number generator from two quantum superconducting chips, a 30-meter-long pipe, and some software. The resulting device could be used to generate cryptographic keys, or to offer a “public randomness service” for lotteries or blockchain applications, they say. They’re not the first to make the claim . Many sources of randomness are bia…

Over the past decade and a half, cloud computing has become a foundational technology. It started as a way to rent servers but has evolved into a complex ecosystem that supports everything from basic infrastructure shifts to transformative AI initiatives. Having advised enterprises on thousands of cloud projects over the years, I have seen that most projects fall into a handful of categories. I c…

Open source code is everywhere in the enterprise; it’s estimated that upwards of 90% of Fortune 500 companies have it in their software supply chains. But open source code is notoriously rife with vulnerabilities, and identifying and patching those bugs can be an endless battle for security teams. IBM and Red Hat are betting that a new initiative, Project Lightwell , can help accelerate this proc…

A newly discovered and so far unpatched critical vulnerability in the open source Gogs Git service not only demands immediate action from developers to secure their code, it also puts a spotlight on the potential issues in using self-hosted code platforms from small maintainers. The hole is a critical argument injection vulnerability, discovered by a researcher at Rapid7, that allows any authenti…

According to Sonar’s State of Code Developer Survey report for 2026 , based on a survey of over 1,100 developers, 42% of committed code is now AI-assisted, and roughly 29% of it gets merged without manual review. Not “light review.” No review at all. The industry’s response has been predictable: more guardrails. Static analysis. Token linting. Visual regression testing. Accessibility audits. Secu…

Taking down a sprawling malware operation once signaled progress in securing the open-source ecosystem. Now, it barely registers. The GlassWorm campaign disruption comes at a moment when attackers can quickly reconstitute, and defenders are increasingly grappling with a new challenge: distinguishing real threats from automated noise. “I think coordinated actions, like GlassWorm, can sever control…

For years, software developers on H-1B visas benefited from steady demand among US technology employers. That market is becoming more selective as companies redirect spending toward AI and rely more heavily on coding assistants. Recent layoffs at companies including Meta and Amazon have added to the uncertainty, with engineering and software roles affected even as major technology companies conti…