Thread regarding SAS Institute layoffs

How is the security patching going these days?

The constant stream of security patches was bad enough a few years back but how is it going today, in light of all of the vulnerabilities being found by AI ?

From https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@bk+1kyscy9ar, it looks like the frequency has increased. It can’t be a pretty picture but please tell me the process is more automated now.


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@1w0 3.3B

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Post ID: @20x+1kywvyna5

Why would you patch software that doesn’t sell?

Busy work. Ya ain’t gonna pull that paycheck for nothin’.

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Post ID: @1y8+1kywvyna5

Why would you patch software that doesn’t sell?

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Post ID: @1w0+1kywvyna5

@134 So we haven’t looked at and aren’t using a decent percentage of what you find at https://www.cncf.io/projects/?

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Post ID: @19g+1kywvyna5

@134 So wrong

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Post ID: @17y+1kywvyna5

SAS doesn't need to worry about security. The tech stack is so old that all of those hackers have retired by now...

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Post ID: @134+1kywvyna5

AI hacked against open source GitHub and it took a human review to stop it! Ge-z!
Be careful using GitHub, SASers!

See https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w1lvn7d9go for details.

"Anthropic AI created fake profiles and impersonated people in attempted hack.
In the most serious case, a Mythos agent followed the routine of a human cyber-attacker by trying to trick people into giving it access to GitHub, a large platform where technology developers store software code.

The agent was trying to insert "malicious code" into GitHub's system.

It identified and researched the people who maintained GitHub and created a series of fake accounts based on those real people.

When challenged, "it edited its earlier activity to appear harmless and considered adopting a fresh identity to continue," AISI said.

Throughout the attempts, it was human review that stopped the agent from succeeding in delivering the malicious code to GitHub."

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Post ID: @z3+1kywvyna5

@ar
Update major minor patch rebuild
Update major minor patch rebuild
Update major minor patch rebuild
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Joy

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Post ID: @d4+1kywvyna5

Where are the open weight models on https://github.com/sassoftware ? Is there another repository?

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Post ID: @d3+1kywvyna5

OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companies. Anthropic says its AI models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testing.

Is SAS really capable of defending itself against AI hackings from others if that day comes?

Would SAS AI models go rogue some day?

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Post ID: @b7+1kywvyna5

It’s a disaster. Most effort in R&D is now weighted to fix of ‘bugs’ and vulnerabilities that delays stable releases.

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Post ID: @ar+1kywvyna5

@a6 it does

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Post ID: @af+1kywvyna5

Friend in that field says the only way to fight AIs is with AIs. I hope that SAS has the expertise.

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