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Every per-IP control we shipped was bypassable with one header
Our account-lockout counter capped failed logins at five. Our rate limiter throttled abusive clients…
Saca el estado de Terraform de la internet pública (sin montar una VPN)
Tu archivo de estado de Terraform es el artefacto más sensible de toda tu nube. Es un mapa completo …
My Self-Hosted AI Assistant Kept Overwriting Its Own API Keys: A Zero-Trust Postmortem
🦞 Code for this post: sanitized watchdog + config-repair scripts at github.com/backitupboys/ai-agent…
QR Forge: The Ultimate Free QR Code & Barcode Generator (6 Types, No Signup)
From menus and business cards to WiFi access and product labels, QR codes and barcodes have quietly …
Self-Hosted Server Setup: Replacing Cloud Services with Privacy-Focused Alternatives
Introduction: The Midnight Realization At 3 a.m. on a Saturday, a user sits before a screen, hands…
Verifying a JWT Signature: HS256 vs RS256 (and What exp Actually Means)
If you've ever pasted a JWT into a debugger just to see three chunks of jumbled text and a green tic…
prompt-shield: 200 lines of Python that catch prompt-injection attacks
Building a Zero-Dependency Prompt-Injection Detector in 200 Lines of Python Prompt injection is th…
I Put Eight Security Bugs in a Flask App on Purpose. The Robots Only Caught Some of Them.
A while back I wrote about finding security holes in my own hackathon project months after the fact.…
Why I stopped treating WebSocket messages as the unit of work (and built WSHawk instead)
Most automated web scanners are built around one assumption: you send a request, you get a response,…
cordless v0.5: A Desktop App, a >_< Logo, and QR-First Security
TL;DR — cordless manages many remote terminal / coding-agent (Claude Code, Codex) sessions like brow…
Using Backend as CORS Middleman: Security Risks and Alternative Solutions
Analytical Examination of CORS Middleman Mechanisms: Security Implications and Risks The Cross-Ori…
314 Lawmakers Voted Against EU Chat Control. It Passed Anyway. Here's What That Means for Your Messages.
On July 9, 2026, the European Parliament reauthorized a law that lets tech companies scan your priva…