#security-research

#security-research

I've always had what I would consider a hacker mindset, a curiosity to take things apart, understand them, and use that knowledge to solve problems. That mindset took me on a circuitous route into the cybersecurity industry; after being kicked out of high school for hacking computer systems, I worked a range of jobs, managing office supply companies by day and cracking Wi-Fi networks by night until I started a Digital Forensics degree which led me to the world of security research.

When I was a teenager, gaming completely took over my life. I'd play for 12 or more hours a day; it was all I thought about. Video games gave me a different way to socialise because I didn't enjoy school and didn't have much of a social life offline. The gaming world became my entire environment, my escape, my community.

Product manager Allie Barrie said that Visual Studio can now connect to local or remote MCP servers, configured using a file called .mcp.json which can be in a user profile, for global use, or in an individual solution. Developers can add MCP servers either by editing this file directly, or using settings in the GitHub Copilot chat window. There is also provision for one-click installation from the web. OAuth authentication is supported, for example to allow the MCP tools to have GitHub access.

The motivations behind the shooter in the assassination attempt on President Trump remain unclear, highlighting a growing trend of political violence in the U.S.