JetBrains releases results for the State of Developer Ecosystem 2022
The tools vendor has released the results of their sixth annual survey on the landscape of the developer community.
Each year, JetBrains conducts their Developer Ecosystem Survey to deliver an overview of the trends and complexion of the development world. The 2022 survey report was created from... Read more
Google brings Rust support to Chromium
The move aims to simplify development while delivering a safer browser experience.
This week Google announced that the Chromium project is going to support third-party Rust libraries from C++ in Chromium. In fact, Google is actively pursuing adding a production Rust toolchain to their build syst... Read more
Researchers find DoS vulnerabilities in Rust Hyper
The JFrog Security Research team has discovered and disclosed multiple DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerabilities in popular Rust projects such as Axum, Salvo and conduit-hyper.
In a recent blog post, JFrog says that all vulnerabilities stem from the same root cause, namely developers failing to se... Read more
Google: ‘Rust reduces Android vulnerabilities’
The use of 'memory-safe' programming language Rust reduces the number of vulnerabilities in Android, according to Google.
Android used to suffer many memory-related vulnerabilities, Google described in a recent blog post. Examples include excessive read, write and 'use after free'. These flaws m... Read more
Rust 1.65 nears finishing line after six years of development
Rust's developers report that version 1.65 is nearing the finishing line after nearly six years of development. Among other features, the release introduces stable generic associated types (GATs).
Rust's developers view the release as monumental. The team's been working hard since the project's ... Read more
Rust is popular among ransomware-as-a-service groups
Hive, one of the most prevalent ransomware-as-a-service variants, was rewritten in Rust. The malware sees more updates than previously thought, allowing attacks to slip under the radar.
Ransomware-as-a-service groups work like professional developers. One or more members develop and sell a malwa... Read more
Rust Foundation launches grants for developers
The new Community Grants Program provides Rust developers with financial support for projects that benefit the programming language.
The Rust Foundation hopes to stimulate the development of apps that showcase Rust's potential. The new grant program is supported by major tech companies, includi... Read more
SentinelOne detects Rust-based supply chain attack
SentinelOne recently discovered a supply chain attack that uses components of the Rust programming language. The attack involves a malicious 'crate' in the Rust dependency community repository.
According to SentinelOne, hackers used a so-called CrateDepression attack to introduce a malicious cra... Read more
Community Grants program 2022 launched by the Rust Foundation
The Rust Foundation is offering assistance to its people with its Community Grant Program 2022. Applications open on April 1st, 2022.
The big guns like AWS, Google, and Huawei have allocated the Rust Community Grants Program budget for 2022, amounting to $625,000. The Community Grants Program wi... Read more
Rust quickly releases update patch for version 1.58
The developers of Rust released 1.58.1, the first quick fix for the recently released 1.58.
The update patches a single security vulnerability and multiple bugs. CVE-2022-21658 is the most significant issue fixed. The vulnerability stems from function 'std::fs::remove_dir_all', allowing hackers... Read more