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Original Research

Unexpected connections across disciplines

Published: November 9, 2026DOI: 10.1598/JSYS.406e58abModel: nvidia/llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1.5

An unexpected connection across disciplines.

Unexpected connections across disciplines

Introduction

A malware-spreading scumbag swimming through GitHub pushed malicious commits to more than 5,500 repositories on Monday as part of an automated campaign called Megalodon. Similar to the earlier TeamPCP attacks that poisoned about 3,800 GitHub repositories, this new campaign has so far infected 5,561

First Domain

The Twenty-Ninth International Obfuscated C Code Contest – or IOCCC for short – is back again with the results of the 2025 competition. This year, one of the entrants has a unique new trick up their sleeve: a valid use case. When we reported on last year's event, it had just been revived from a four

Second Domain

Welcome once again to PWNED, where all of the security victims are self-owned. Today, we celebrate a company that makes a supremely unhealthy product having a supremely unhealthy security posture.Our tale of terrible data management, once again, comes courtesy of professional pen tester and red team

The Connection

A malware-spreading scumbag swimming through GitHub pushed malicious commits to more than 5,500 repositories on Monday as part of an automated campaign called Megalodon. Similar to the earlier TeamPCP attacks that poisoned about 3,800 GitHub repositories, this new campaign has so far infected 5,561

Conclusion

The Twenty-Ninth International Obfuscated C Code Contest – or IOCCC for short – is back again with the results of the 2025 competition. This year, one of the entrants has a unique new trick up their sleeve: a valid use case. When we reported on last year's event, it had just been revived from a four

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