Chris Preimesberger

1 week ago | thenewstack.io | Chris Preimesberger

JFrog’s security team is advising its customers and the public to be aware of a recent supply chain attack involving a malicious Python package named “ccxd python m-exe – futures” that mimics the popular “ccxt” cryptocurrency exchange trading package and can cause widespread damage. The ccxt library is a collection of available crypto exchanges or exchange classes. Each class implements the public and private API for a particular crypto exchange.

3 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Chris Preimesberger

CyberRatings.org, the independent non-profit organization dedicated to putting confidence into cybersecurity product quality, perhaps can be likened to one of those little “conscience cherubs” who whispers in a cloud provider‘s ear, imploring it to do the right thing when it comes to maintaining cybersecurity services. It’s apparent, however, that some companies aren’t paying full attention to some good advice.

3 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Chris Preimesberger

Like just about everything else in the IT business, cloud computing is seeing a rejuvenation of software and support in 2025, driven by the fast-growing deployment of generative artificial intelligence (AI) (generative artificial intelligence (genAI)). Businesses are witnessing notable improvements in performance as their own applications and cloud providers integrate new bots and AI-based infrastructure to smooth inefficiencies and aid developers in building new services.

3 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Chris Preimesberger

Virtual private networks (VPNs) have been a conventional solution for enterprise system remote access, but their architecture isn’t optimal for a fully – or even partially – distributed workforce. VPN infrastructure has always had capacity limitations, leading to performance degradation when concurrent connections exceed these thresholds.

4 weeks ago | thenewstack.io | Chris Preimesberger

Ever since Sun Microsystems open sourced Java in 2006, innovation has flowed out of its loyal and creative development community. Current Java corporate caretaker Oracle has maintained the tradition it inherited in the 2010 acquisition of Sun with the release of Java 24 (Oracle JDK 24) at JavaOne 2025 earlier this month.