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Security Basics
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Fix OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
AI Security
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Identify and patch prompt injection vulnerabilities
Network Security
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Configure a firewall with proper inbound/outbound rules
Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing
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Conduct a full pen test with Kali Linux
Cloud Security
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Implement IAM least-privilege policies on AWS/GCP
Incident Response
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Build an incident response playbook
Security Compliance
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Map controls for SOC 2 Type II compliance
Defensive AI
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Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector
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Why Vibecoded Apps Fail Security Audits (and the 4 Fixes That Matter Most)
Dev.to · Jakub 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Why Vibecoded Apps Fail Security Audits (and the 4 Fixes That Matter Most)
At Inithouse — a studio shipping a growing portfolio of products in parallel — we audit vibecoded...
Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Classification: A Practical Guide
Dev.to · Apps4.Pro Migration Manager 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Classification: A Practical Guide
Every Microsoft 365 tenant has a hidden data problem. Over time, SharePoint sites, OneDrive folders,...
I Scanned 8 Popular Sites for Bot Protection — Here's What Actually Stops Scrapers
Dev.to · Charles 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I Scanned 8 Popular Sites for Bot Protection — Here's What Actually Stops Scrapers
If you've ever built a web scraper, you know the pain: your code works perfectly in dev, then the...
Atlassian Patches 100 Vulnerabilities Across Data Center and Server Products
Dev.to · BeyondMachines 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Atlassian Patches 100 Vulnerabilities Across Data Center and Server Products
Atlassian's June 2026 security update addresses 100 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in third-party dependencies like Axios, Apache Tomcat, and Netty.
Non-Human Identities: The Silent Attack Surface No One Is Monitoring
Dev.to · Ali-Funk 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Non-Human Identities: The Silent Attack Surface No One Is Monitoring
Most organizations know exactly how many employees they have. Far fewer know how many non-human...
5 security patterns GitHub Copilot generates that no linter catches
Dev.to · Moon sehwan 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
5 security patterns GitHub Copilot generates that no linter catches
I've been scanning AI-generated codebases for the past month. Here are 5 patterns that appear most...
GHSA-6GQW-JQV7-V88M: GHSA-6GQW-JQV7-V88M: Multi-Tenant Isolation Bypass in stigmem-node via Missing SQL Tenant Predicates
Dev.to · CVE Reports 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
GHSA-6GQW-JQV7-V88M: GHSA-6GQW-JQV7-V88M: Multi-Tenant Isolation Bypass in stigmem-node via Missing SQL Tenant Predicates
GHSA-6GQW-JQV7-V88M: Multi-Tenant Isolation Bypass in stigmem-node via Missing SQL Tenant...
Beyond Encryption: Reducing Metadata Leakage with Fragmentation
Dev.to · Artem 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Beyond Encryption: Reducing Metadata Leakage with Fragmentation
TL;DR: This article is a design exploration rather than a cryptographic proposal. It examines whether...
2026-05-31: Seven days of scans and probes and web traffic hitting my web server
Dev.to · Mark0 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
2026-05-31: Seven days of scans and probes and web traffic hitting my web server
This article presents a record of network activity targeting a web server over a seven-day period...
Threat Brief: Mitigating Large-Scale Credential Attacks
Dev.to · Mark0 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Threat Brief: Mitigating Large-Scale Credential Attacks
⚠️ Region Alert: UAE/Middle East The "FortiBleed" campaign is a large-scale password spraying and...
OpenBSD mpls_do_error: Remote Kernel Stack Disclosure via MPLS Label Stack Over-read
Dev.to · Mark0 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
OpenBSD mpls_do_error: Remote Kernel Stack Disclosure via MPLS Label Stack Over-read
This article details a remote kernel stack disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2026-56099) found in OpenBSD...
AryStinger botnet infected thousands of D-Link routers worldwide
Dev.to · Mark0 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
AryStinger botnet infected thousands of D-Link routers worldwide
A newly discovered malware botnet dubbed AryStinger has hijacked over 4,000 legacy D-Link routers,...
1.2 Million WordPress Sites Were Hacked, and Not One Plugin Was Outdated
Dev.to · Dev Encyclopedia 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
1.2 Million WordPress Sites Were Hacked, and Not One Plugin Was Outdated
On June 12, 2026, attackers compromised a CDN signing key belonging to Awesome Motive, the company...
Troubleshooting Git Authentication: Fixing "Repository Not Found" on Private Repositories
Dev.to · Manoj sai Challagulla 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Troubleshooting Git Authentication: Fixing "Repository Not Found" on Private Repositories
When working with private Git repositories, running into a fatal: repository '...' not found error is...
How a web agency keeps every client site secure
Dev.to · Cedric Brown 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How a web agency keeps every client site secure
If you build and maintain sites for clients, you are on the hook for security on properties you may...
Inside the CVE List: How Vulnerabilities Get Their ID Cards
Dev.to · Nargiz Naghiyeva 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Inside the CVE List: How Vulnerabilities Get Their ID Cards
Thousands of software bugs are discovered every day around the world. But turning these bugs into an...
Stop Pasting Sensitive Data into Random Websites: Meet Parsify 🛡️
Dev.to · Parsify.tools 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Stop Pasting Sensitive Data into Random Websites: Meet Parsify 🛡️
Hey DEV community! 👋 How many times a day do you need to format a messy JSON string, convert a CSV...
My app crashed with 'illegal instruction' – AVX compatibility fixed it
Dev.to · Noushad Patel 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
My app crashed with 'illegal instruction' – AVX compatibility fixed it
My app crashed with 'illegal instruction' – AVX compatibility fixed it It's a developer's...
VeriLync- Application Security for SaaS Scale-ups
Dev.to · Oluwole Ajayi 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
VeriLync- Application Security for SaaS Scale-ups
I studied MSc Applied Cybersecurity at the University of South Wales. My dissertation was titled...
Precision Loss and Rounding Exploits in Financial Smart Contracts
Dev.to · Hiren Kava 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Precision Loss and Rounding Exploits in Financial Smart Contracts
A smart contract does not need an overflow, reentrancy bug, or broken access-control check to lose...
Spotting GPS spoofing on a drone — and flying on when the signal is gone
Dev.to · Oli 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Spotting GPS spoofing on a drone — and flying on when the signal is gone
Follow-up to my MAVLink post. Same caveat: I'm a beginner doing this as a hobby. The results below...
MAVLink: the protocol behind millions of drones (and why it isn't secure by default)
Dev.to · Oli 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
MAVLink: the protocol behind millions of drones (and why it isn't secure by default)
Quick disclaimer: I'm still learning this stuff. This comes out of a small personal project where...
Engineering a residential security stack for high-value LA properties: site survey to dispatch
Dev.to · GoldenGlobalHawks 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Engineering a residential security stack for high-value LA properties: site survey to dispatch
Site survey, perimeter design, staffing models, and tech integration for LA residential security ops — with BSIS compliance requirements and real cost figures.
Business Logic Vulnerabilities in Modern APIs: The Security Flaws Firewalls Can't Stop
Dev.to · Arashad Dodhiya 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Business Logic Vulnerabilities in Modern APIs: The Security Flaws Firewalls Can't Stop
Most API security discussions revolve around SQL injection, authentication bypasses, or remote code...
The Ultimate WordPress Security Checklist for 2026
Dev.to · xusteve 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Ultimate WordPress Security Checklist for 2026
The Ultimate WordPress Security Checklist for 2026 WordPress powers over 43% of all...
The Security Checklist Every Vibe Coder Needs Before Launch
Dev.to · kg8888 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Security Checklist Every Vibe Coder Needs Before Launch
You shipped something. It works. Users are signing up. And somewhere in your codebase, there's a...
I Ran Gitleaks Against My Own Repo and Found 12 Real Secrets
Dev.to · david 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I Ran Gitleaks Against My Own Repo and Found 12 Real Secrets
A full-history gitleaks scan of a homelab repo that had been running for months turned up 12 distinct plaintext secrets — including an OIDC signing key. Here's
Front-Running and MEV: Writing Contracts That Don't Leak Money to the Mempool
Dev.to · Pavel Espitia 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Front-Running and MEV: Writing Contracts That Don't Leak Money to the Mempool
When you submit a transaction, it sits in the public mempool before it is mined, visible to everyone....
Introducing AES Encryption: A Quick Tour
Dev.to · Goksel Yesiller 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Introducing AES Encryption: A Quick Tour
Developers implementing client-side encryption face a fundamental challenge: correctly implementing...
Reverse once, run forever: designing client-side defenses that assume the attacker has already read every line
Dev.to · TrustSig 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Reverse once, run forever: designing client-side defenses that assume the attacker has already read every line
There's a sentence every engineer in this field eventually says out loud, usually with a sigh: "But...
I built a macOS security tool that locks your secrets when you walk away
Dev.to · umbra 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I built a macOS security tool that locks your secrets when you walk away
CHIMERA is an open-source macOS security "organism" — one local process orchestrating 8 native organs...
Stop Using Bearer Tokens Like House Keys: DPoP with Heimdall
Dev.to · Dimitrij Drus 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Stop Using Bearer Tokens Like House Keys: DPoP with Heimdall
You've built an API. You protected it with OAuth 2.0. You're using JWTs. You feel secure. You're...
Less Noise, More Labs: How I Actually Learned RF Hacking This Year
Dev.to · v. Splicer 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Less Noise, More Labs: How I Actually Learned RF Hacking This Year
Let me be honest with you. If you spend more time reading about RF hacking than actually doing RF...
Understand Authentication — NTLM vs Kerberos vs LDAP
Dev.to · Prem Kumar Santhanam 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Understand Authentication — NTLM vs Kerberos vs LDAP
This blog provides an in-depth analysis of three popular authentication methods — NTLM, Kerberos, and...
KVKK, İYS, BİK: Turkish Software Compliance for Engineers (with PHP examples)
Dev.to · Mahmut Gündüzalp 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
KVKK, İYS, BİK: Turkish Software Compliance for Engineers (with PHP examples)
An engineer's guide to Turkey's three core compliance regimes — KVKK (data protection), İYS (commercial message registry), and BİK (news publishing) — with prac
I scanned a "vibe-coded" Python repo. Found 137 security bugs.
Dev.to · 문세환 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I scanned a "vibe-coded" Python repo. Found 137 security bugs.
I scanned KaletoAI/anima-verse — a Python LLM project that literally says "Vibe-coded experiment" in...
Your Mind Is the First System Hackers Can Exploit
Dev.to · Sujala Vasanthasena Nelavai 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Your Mind Is the First System Hackers Can Exploit
Why Cybersecurity Must Start With the Analyst — Not the Attack** 1. The Breach No One Talks...
Confidential Computing (SGX, SEV)
Dev.to · Aviral Srivastava 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Confidential Computing (SGX, SEV)
Your Data's Secret Lair: Diving Deep into Confidential Computing (SGX & SEV) Ever get...
BEC Invoice Fraud Detection API: Stop Redirected Payments
Dev.to · Iurii Rogulia 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
BEC Invoice Fraud Detection API: Stop Redirected Payments
BEC invoice fraud costs $43B globally. Detect bank-account swaps in PDF invoices via structural forensics — no original file needed. API integration…
Building a messenger that hides metadata, not just messages
Dev.to · Starling javier gabino rodriguez 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Building a messenger that hides metadata, not just messages
Most "encrypted" apps protect what you say. They do far less about who you talk to, when, and how...
PII Redaction Built Entirely in the Browser
Dev.to · prajyu 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
PII Redaction Built Entirely in the Browser
Hey everyone! I’m gearing up to launch a new project I’ve been pouring a lot of love into. It's...
Hackers Hijack Brazil's Emergency Alert System, Waking Millions With a Fake 'Extreme Alert'
Dev.to · mrtd 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Hackers Hijack Brazil's Emergency Alert System, Waking Millions With a Fake 'Extreme Alert'
Late on June 19, a fake 'Extreme Alert' reading 'misantropi4' blasted to phones across Sao Paulo, Rio, Brasilia and beyond, overriding silen
The Aftermarket She Diagnosed is the Aftermarket She Prescribed
Dev.to · Bala Paranj 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Aftermarket She Diagnosed is the Aftermarket She Prescribed
Jen Easterly correctly identified that cybersecurity is an aftermarket for software quality failures. Then she celebrated an AI that makes the aftermarket faste
North Korean Hackers Poisoned 140+ npm Packages in an AI Dev Tooling Attack. Here's What Would Have Caught It.
Dev.to · Cor E 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
North Korean Hackers Poisoned 140+ npm Packages in an AI Dev Tooling Attack. Here's What Would Have Caught It.
The Incident Microsoft's threat intelligence team has attributed a supply chain attack...
Public key or private key? The Security+ crypto direction trap
Dev.to · TiltedLunar123 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Public key or private key? The Security+ crypto direction trap
A lot of people walk into the SY0-701 exam able to recite that asymmetric encryption uses a key pair....
Three Security Checks for Any AWS Pipeline
Dev.to · Mario 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Three Security Checks for Any AWS Pipeline
A developer merges a pull request on a Friday afternoon. The repository is public. The commit...
DorkAtlas: The Open Source Google Search Operators Library Built for Ethical Research
Dev.to · Fabrice 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
DorkAtlas: The Open Source Google Search Operators Library Built for Ethical Research
"The world's most comprehensive, beginner-friendly repository of Google search operators and ethical...
Encryption at rest vs zero-knowledge: who can actually read your cloud files
Dev.to · ricco020 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Encryption at rest vs zero-knowledge: who can actually read your cloud files
"Encrypted cloud storage" is one of the most abused phrases in tech marketing. Almost every provider...