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GitHub explains the migration of the shared runtime for Copilot products from TypeScript and Node.js to more than 800,000 lines of Rust, through 128 pull requests and gradual replacements within the main branch. The experience reveals how AI agents were used to accelerate a project that would previously have required an entire team for one or two years.
Attackers are exploiting three vulnerabilities in self-hosted JFrog Artifactory servers to gain administrative privileges, then create persistent accounts and deploy a Rust-written backdoor. A Wiz report warns that between 49% and 62% of internet-accessible Artifactory instances are exposed to at least one vulnerability.