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Blocking malicious versions of event-stream and flatmap-stream packages
On November 26, 2018, the npm package manager released security advisory 737 regarding the flatmap-stream package. It was determined that this package was malicious, and contained harmful code. In addition, the popular event-stream package was modified to make use of the harmful flatmap-stream package. These malicious packages were apparently attempting to locate bitcoin wallets stored on the computer running the packages and exfiltrate the coins. npm has removed the flatmap-stream package from their registry. Visual Studio Code has also taken steps to block affected extensions. In response to this incident, we...
Blocking malicious event-stream and flatmap-stream packages
We are making a change to Azure DevOps to block the harmful flatmap-stream 0.1.0 package and the versions of event-stream newer than version 3.3.4 which make use of the flatmap-stream package.
What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 143 Update
Sprint 143 Update of Azure DevOps is rolling out to all organizations. In this update, draft pull requests is now available in Azure Repos which allows you to easily create work in progress that may not include everyone. We are also releasing new features in Azure Artifacts, including the ability to exclude files in artifact uploads and get provenance information on packages. Watch the following video to learn more about these features.
Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2018.11.23
I hope that you've recovered from your Thanksgiving feast and you're sitting around comfortably, binge-watching sitcoms and reading the latest news in DevOps. No? Is that just me? Well, now it can be you, too, because here's what I've been reading today.
Run your CI with Jenkins and CD with Azure DevOps
Azure release pipelines provide you with the first-class experience to integrate with Jenkins. You can have Jenkins as your Continuous Integration (CI) system and use Azure DevOps Release for your Continuous Deployment (CD) and get all the benefits of Azure DevOps like: In this example you will build a Java web app using Jenkins and deploy to Azure Linux VM using DevOps Azure Pipelines. Ensure the repo where your code is hosted (Github, GHE or Gitlab) is linked with your Jenkins project. Also, please ensure your JIRA server plugin is installed on Jenkins so that you can track your JIRA ...
Announcing Azure DevOps Server 2019 RC1
Yesterday, we announced Azure DevOps Server 2019 RC1. This is the evolution of TFS and the first release with our new brand and new navigation. We've added a ton of new features which you can read about in our release notes.
Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2018.11.16
Happy Friday! Sure you're getting ready to call it a day and start enjoying your weekend, but before you do, don't miss these excellent articles about DevOps on the Microsoft platform.
DevOps for Blockchain Apps
Blockchain has emerged from the shadow of its cryptocurrency origins to be seen as a transformative data technology that can power the next generation of software for multi-party Enterprise and consumer scenarios. With the trust and transparency that blockchain can deliver, this shared data technology is seen as a disruptor that can radically transform assumptions, costs, and approaches about how business is done. Microsoft Azure has had blockchain offerings since 2015 and the technology is now moving from initial PoCs and pilots to mainstream production. Customers around the world are building blockchain sol...
Xcode 8.0-8.3.2 deprecation on Azure Pipelines hosted agents
This September, Azure Pipelines delivered Microsoft-hosted build support for Xcode 10 on the day it was released. Now that our community builds fewer than 1 percent of apps with older versions of Xcode 8, we will focus on supporting Xcode 8.3.3 and higher. Effective November 28, 2018, we are ending support for older versions of Xcode on Microsoft-hosted agents, including 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1, 8.3.1 and 8.3.2. If you use Microsoft-hosted agents, we recommend that you update your pipeline to use Xcode 8.3.3 or higher prior to November 28, 2018. After this date, pipelines that run on Microsoft-hosted agents and are...