Latest Rust news

CISA: Most critical open source projects not using memory safe code

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws.
- Bill Toulas
- June 26, 2024
- 01:56 PM
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Critical Rust flaw enables Windows command injection attacks

Threat actors can exploit a security vulnerability in the Rust standard library to target Windows systems in command injection attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 09, 2024
- 04:20 PM
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White House urges devs to switch to memory-safe programming languages

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) urged tech companies today to switch to memory-safe programming languages, such as Rust, to improve software security by reducing the number of memory safety vulnerabilities.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 26, 2024
- 04:34 PM
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New Rust-based SysJoker backdoor linked to Hamas hackers

A new version of the multi-platform malware known as 'SysJoker' has been spotted, featuring a complete code rewrite in the Rust programming language.
- Bill Toulas
- November 26, 2023
- 10:09 AM
- 0
Rust devs push back as Serde project ships precompiled binaries

Serde, a popular Rust (de)serialization project, has decided to ship its serde_derive macro as a precompiled binary. This has generated a fair amount of concern among some developers who highlight the future legal and technical issues this may pose, along with a potential for supply chain attacks.
- Ax Sharma
- August 19, 2023
- 09:55 AM
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New Windows 11 build ships with more Rust-based Kernel features

Microsoft announced that the latest Windows 11 build shipping to Insiders in the Canary channel comes with additional Windows Kernel components rewritten in the memory safety-focused Rust programming language.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 12, 2023
- 02:37 PM
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Source code for Rust-based info-stealer released on hacker forums

A malware author released the source code of their info-stealer for free on hacking forums earlier this month, and security analysts already report observing several samples being deployed in the wild.
- Bill Toulas
- July 25, 2022
- 02:30 PM
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ALPHV BlackCat - This year's most sophisticated ransomware

The new ALPHV ransomware operation, aka BlackCat, launched last month and could be the most sophisticated ransomware of the year, with a highly-customizable feature set allowing for attacks on a wide range of corporate environments.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 09, 2021
- 04:47 PM
- 0
Go, Rust "net" library affected by critical IP address validation vulnerability

The commonly used "net" library in Go and Rust languages is also impacted by the mixed-format IP address validation vulnerability. The bug has to do with how "net" treats IP addresses as decimal, even when they are provided in a mixed (octal-decimal) format, and therefore making applications vulnerable to SSRF and RFI.
- Ax Sharma
- August 07, 2021
- 04:25 AM
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Most loved programming language Rust sparks privacy concerns

Rust developers have repeatedly raised concerned about a privacy issue over the last few years. Rust has rapidly gained momentum among developers, for its focus on performance, safety, safe concurrency, and for having a similar syntax to C++. However, developers have been bothered by their Rust production binaries leaking usernames.
- Ax Sharma
- April 03, 2021
- 10:42 AM
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Fake CS: GO, PUBG, Rust Cheats Push Password-Stealing Trojan

Some users of online team-based shooters, battle royale, or survival games use game hacking or cheats to give themselves an advantage over their opponents. Unfortunately, in many cases these cheats do nothing but compromise the user's own data as installing them infects a computer with password and information stealing Trojans.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 11, 2019
- 01:01 PM
- 0
Tor Browser Will Feature More Rust Code

The Tor Browser, a heavily modified version of the Firefox browser with many privacy-enhancing features, will include more code written in the Rust programming language.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 02, 2017
- 03:00 AM
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Rust Programming Language Takes More Central Role in Firefox Development

Starting with the release of Firefox 54, the Rust programming language will take a bigger role in the Firefox browser, as more and more components will work on top of this new technology developed in the past years by the Mozilla Research team.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 05, 2017
- 11:15 AM
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