Adnan Khan

The executive assistant role is evolving into a more strategic position, with assistants increasingly acting as proxies for executives and leveraging AI to manage complex tasks. Despite layoffs at some firms, demand for advanced executive assistants is rising, reflected in higher salaries and expanded responsibilities.

Checkmarx's Jenkins plugin was sabotaged by TeamPCP, a malicious group that has compromised the company's packages multiple times. The compromised plugin was available on the Jenkins Marketplace and could have given attackers access to source code and secrets. Checkmarx is working to remove the malicious version and update customers.