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Best Self-Hosted WAFs on GitHub: 5 Tools Compared in 2025

GitHub is where WAF projects prove themselves in production. Stars, commits, releases, issue resolut…

[TryHackMe Writeup] Room 404

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A macOS updater has two jobs: discover and verify

A desktop updater has two separate jobs: find the new release and reject an untrusted package. Treat…

Argon2 vs bcrypt vs PBKDF2 in Node.js: Which Password Hashing Algorithm Should You Use in 2026?

Introduction Password storage is one of the most important security decisions when building a back…

Hello, DEV — I’m Joseph Sides, a Data Privacy Advocate and Consultant

The internet has created incredible opportunities, but it has also made it increasingly difficult fo…

Anthropic’s Cyber-Evaluation Incidents: Containment Failures With Real-World Impact

Three Anthropic evaluation incidents, the OpenAI/Hugging Face compromise, and the engineering contro…

AI Video Analytics Software for Smarter Security and Business Intelligence

Conventional CCTV systems have been employed for security surveillance, although their use is limite…

How to Remove EXIF and GPS Metadata Before Sharing a Photo

A photo can disclose more than its visible pixels. Depending on the device and editing workflow, a J…

PicoClaw Browser Automation Without API: Setup, Stealth, and the Missing IP Layer

Modern security systems like Cloudflare and Akamai easily recognize standard automation tools. This …

CVE-2026-63119: CVE-2026-63119: Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Model Context Protocol Ruby SDK

CVE-2026-63119: Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Model Context Protocol Ru…

Will MCP Become the REST of AI Agents? What Developers Should Watch

AI agents have an integration problem. A useful agent needs access to files, databases, developer t…

Stop Trusting Plain NTP: Practical Network Time Security with chrony on Linux

Plain NTP is still the default on a shocking number of Linux hosts. It works — until someone on the …