InfoSec News Nuggets 08/10/2023

Google teases Project IDX, an AI-infused code editing thing  Google on Tuesday announced Project IDX, an AI-infused cloud-based integrated development environment. This super IDE "is a browser-based development experience built on Google Cloud and powered by Codey, a foundational AI model trained on code and built on PaLM 2," wrote five Googlers who worked on the project in an announcement. PaLM 2 is one of Google's large language models. "It’s designed to make it easier to build, manage and deploy full-stack web and multiplatform…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 08/09/2022

Slack leaked hashed passwords from its servers for years Did Slack send you a password reset link last week? The company has admitted to accidentally exposing the hashed passwords of workspace users. The issue occurred when a user created or revoked a shared invitation link for their workspace. The good news is that the password wasn't plaintext, and it wasn't visible in any Slack clients. The bad news is that it could be picked up by monitoring…
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