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How your AI coding assistant can quietly install a virus

Ask an AI coding assistant which library to install for a task it hasn't seen before, and there's a …

What does a smart-contract audit actually cost? An honest breakdown for small protocols

You've built a protocol. You know you should get the contracts reviewed before mainnet. So you ask a…

An OpenAI Model Broke Out of Its Sandbox and Hacked Hugging Face. Read the Chain.

The sandbox was not a sandbox On July 16, 2026, Hugging Face's security team caught an agentic int…

Outil de Cybersécurité du Jour - Jul 24, 2026

L'Essentiel de la Cybersécurité Moderne : Découverte de l'Outil Wireshark Introduction L'importance…

Encrypting Secrets in Rust Without Writing Crypto Glue Code

Every Rust developer who needs application-level encryption eventually reaches for crates like aes-g…

A HAR file is an auth dump: a 30-second safe-sharing checklist

When support asks for a HAR file, the request sounds harmless: reproduce the bug, export a log, atta…

Treat Retrieved Content as Data, Not Instructions

A RAG pipeline may retrieve a relevant document that contains imperative language. A tool response o…

Win a Flipper Zero + Video Game Module

Only 1 week left until Submissions Close! (31st July) Build a challenge and submit it for the SecDi…

ColdFusion CAR Archive Build Failures: The cfusion/packages Directory Bug and Its Fix

If your ColdFusion Archive (CAR) build terminates with an error instead of producing a .car file, yo…

Certificate Pinning & TLS Hardening for Mobile Apps

What TLS must do — and where mobile apps still misconfigure it Which pin to pick: SPKI, full-certifi…

5 Ways to Turn GitHub Security Alerts into Actionable Engineering Work

Stop letting vulnerabilities pile up. Discover 5 practical ways to create actionable security alerts…

AI Fire and Smoke Detection Software: Transforming CCTV into an Early Warning System

Fire accidents can occur suddenly, causing losses in property, hindrances in conducting business act…