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A SHA-256 of a 6-digit PIN is not a secret: Node.js tried all 1,000,000 PINs in 2.3 seconds. scrypt makes the same search take about 14 hours

A SHA-256 of a 6-digit PIN is not a secret: Node.js tried all 1,000,000 PINs in 2.3 seconds. scrypt makes the same search take about 14 hours

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I Broke My Own Firestore Rules in Production Once. Now the Emulator Catches It First.

I Broke My Own Firestore Rules in Production Once. Now the Emulator Catches It First.

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CVE-2026-116606 + CVE-2026-111560: How a Predictable Secret Turns Two Barracuda Bugs Into a Root Shell

CVE-2026-116606 + CVE-2026-111560: How a Predictable Secret Turns Two Barracuda Bugs Into a Root Shell

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Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws as Outlook Zero-Day CVE-2026-124194 Leaks NTLMv2 Hashes

Microsoft Patches 1,259 Flaws as Outlook Zero-Day CVE-2026-124194 Leaks NTLMv2 Hashes

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MCP Authorization: Protect an MCP Server with OAuth 2.1

MCP Authorization: Protect an MCP Server with OAuth 2.1

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Classroom Device Status: 3 Trust Boundaries for Presence APIs Versus Heartbeats

Classroom Device Status: 3 Trust Boundaries for Presence APIs Versus Heartbeats

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Microsoft MDASH: Filtering 26,502 AI Scan Results Down to 59 Kernel Bugs and Eight Root Exploits

Microsoft MDASH: Filtering 26,502 AI Scan Results Down to 59 Kernel Bugs and Eight Root Exploits

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Operation Snowball: DeepSeek Agent Moves from BroadWorks XXE into a Telecom Provider's Internal Network and Autonomously Adapts to Defenses

Operation Snowball: DeepSeek Agent Moves from BroadWorks XXE into a Telecom Provider's Internal Network and Autonomously Adapts to Defenses

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Five security tests for MCP servers and agents, in 173 lines of Python

Five security tests for MCP servers and agents, in 173 lines of Python

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Your AI Platform's 'Delete Secret' Button Is Lying to You: Inside the Fireworks AI Double Breach

Your AI Platform's 'Delete Secret' Button Is Lying to You: Inside the Fireworks AI Double Breach

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Falcon C2: Controlling Browsers and Stealing Passwords and Cookies Through JavaScript on Compromised Websites

Falcon C2: Controlling Browsers and Stealing Passwords and Cookies Through JavaScript on Compromised Websites

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AntiFox-Linked Activity: IIS Web Shells, Misuse of Stolen AWS Credentials, Secret Retrieval, and S3 Operations

AntiFox-Linked Activity: IIS Web Shells, Misuse of Stolen AWS Credentials, Secret Retrieval, and S3 Operations

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Private SaaS File Exports: Object Storage Service and Signed Download URLs

Private SaaS File Exports: Object Storage Service and Signed Download URLs

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Shelf Watch #2: What we found auditing 194 MCP servers for code-level sinks

Shelf Watch #2: What we found auditing 194 MCP servers for code-level sinks

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Four datasets you can actually download (CSV and JSON)

Four datasets you can actually download (CSV and JSON)

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