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Cybersecurity
Ethical hacking, penetration testing, network security, CTFs and defensive security
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Security Basics
beginner
Fix OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
AI Security
intermediate
Identify and patch prompt injection vulnerabilities
Network Security
intermediate
Configure a firewall with proper inbound/outbound rules
Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing
intermediate
Conduct a full pen test with Kali Linux
Cloud Security
intermediate
Implement IAM least-privilege policies on AWS/GCP
Incident Response
intermediate
Build an incident response playbook
Security Compliance
intermediate
Map controls for SOC 2 Type II compliance
Defensive AI
advanced
Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector
Dev.to AI
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5h ago
Claude Code is steganographically marking requests
Claude Code is Steganographically Marking Requests TL;DR Claude Code, a revolutionary new technique in the world of cybersecurity, leverages steganographic meth
Dev.to AI
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7h ago
Why I built Contextia: stopping secrets before they reach AI chats
I almost pasted a production .env into ChatGPT. Twice. That's the whole origin story. We paste code, logs and configs into AI chats all day, and those blobs are

Medium · Programming
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8h ago
Built an AI-Powered WAF for PHP/Laravel Apps in Africa — Here’s What It Catches
A student developer from Cameroon built a security tool that explains exactly why it blocked a request. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · AI
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8h ago
Vibe Coding Is Creating a Security Nightmare — And Nobody Is Talking About It
Everyone is celebrating how fast we can build. Nobody is asking how broken what we’re building actually is. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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11h ago
Why the EC-Council 312-41 Practice Test Is Essential for Certification Success
Individuals who seek to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the concepts, methodologies and real-world knowledge listed in the Exam Objectives shou

Medium · AI
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18h ago
Dangerous Trends
Behavioral monitoring can inform authorization. It cannot replace the authorization boundary. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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1d ago
Claude Code Is Steganographically Marking Requests
Claude Code Is Steganographically Marking Requests Imagine every time you hit “send” on a message, an invisible watermark is added to your packet, telling the s
Dev.to AI
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1d ago
How to Keep Customer Payment Data Secure and PCI-Compliant on a Tight Budget
Keep customer payment data secure on a budget by shrinking your PCI scope: outsource card handling to a compliant processor, tokenize stored data, encrypt every
Dev.to AI
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1d ago
The 'Zero-Click' Exploit: Why Updating Your iPhone in 2026 is No Longer Optional
The "Zero-Click" Exploit: Why Updating Your iPhone in 2026 is No Longer Optional Quick Answer (TL;DR) A "Zero-Click" exploit is a hack that compromises your iPh

Medium · AI
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2d ago
Current Cybersecurity Operating Models Do Not Operate at the Speed and Acceleration of the Attack…
We have spent years arguing about the size of the attack surface. Size was never the thing that was going to hurt us. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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2d ago
Web3 Navigates Rising Cyber Threats Amidst Emerging Development Opportunities
🔗 Live Dashboard: autonomous-portfolio-2026.live 📢 Telegram: t.me/AII2026futher Today's Headlines BTC holds $59,745 (-0.1%), ETH stable, and SOL gains 2.5% to
Dev.to AI
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2d ago
CVE-2026-42824 SearchLeak: How M365 Copilot Became a One-Click Data Exfiltration Tool
CVE-2026-42824, named "SearchLeak" by Varonis Threat Labs researchers who discovered it, is a critical three-stage vulnerability chain in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Dev.to AI
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2d ago
CVE-2026-45463 | Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | R.A.H.S.I. Framework™ Analysis
CVE-2026-45463 | Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | R.A.H.S.I. Framework™ Analysis <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2
Dev.to AI
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2d ago
How to Start a Cyber Security Career After 12th in India
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Medium · Programming
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4d ago
I Popped Admin on a SaaS Platform in 2 HTTP Requests — Here’s the Whole Kill Chain
Free account → full data breach → 1,630 private documents → CEO account takeover. All before my coffee got cold. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Programming
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4d ago
Your App Is Leaking Secrets and You Don’t Know It
Most apps encrypt data in transit, forget it at rest, and never even think about data in use. Here’s where your secrets quietly walk out… Continue reading on Le

Medium · AI
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4d ago
AdversaryGraph v4.0: I Added a Full Malware Analysis Workbench to My Self-Hosted CTI Platform
Static triage, string extraction, AI full analysis, ATT&CK pivots, IOC enrichment, and detection engineering — all from one self-hosted… Continue reading on Med
Dev.to AI
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5d ago
MCP Security: What I Learned Securing My MCP Server After 95 Production Outages
MCP Security: What I Learned Securing My MCP Server After 95 Production Outages When I started building Papers, my MCP knowledge base server three years ago, I
Dev.to AI
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5d ago
A one-line cache key bug cost me $187/month and leaked advertiser data across tenants
60% of my $312 Anthropic bill last month came from a single bug: an MCP router cache key that was missing a tenant ID. The fix was literally this: // before con
Dev.to AI
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5d ago
EXPOSED: The Shocking 'Papers, Please' Internet Crackdown: How Your Online Privacy Will Be Decimated Forever
The Alarming Truth About Online Privacy: How Promphy AI Can Be Your Safeguard The recent "Papers, Please" internet crackdown has sent shockwaves across the glob
Dev.to AI
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6d ago
Private Internet Access vs Mullvad VPN: Which VPN Should You Actually Use in 2026?
Look, most VPN comparisons are mind-numbingly boring—they just list features and call it a day. But when you're actually running a business, choosing the right
Dev.to AI
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6d ago
Hotspot Shield vs Norton VPN Pricing 2026: An Honest, Data-Backed Comparison
Want to know the dirty secret of VPN comparisons? Most of them are written by people who never actually paid for the product. I've tested more VPNs than I can c

Medium · Programming
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6d ago
A Claude Code Workflow for the OWASP Top 10
I shipped a Firestore rules change at 11 PM, ran my security-reviewer subagent against the diff, and it caught a request.auth.uid… Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Programming
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1w ago
“Bug Bounty Bootcamp #54: Nmap — Your Digital Lockpick”
Finding Open Ports and Hidden Services Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »

Medium · Programming
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1w ago
Supply Chain Attacks Bypassed Every Trust Signal We Built
When the May 2026 TanStack compromise produced validly-attested malicious packages, it exposed a gap between what provenance proves and… Continue reading on Med

Medium · AI
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1w ago
Havenlon Whitepaper Explained | Execution Control Philosophy (5): From Information Security to…
Based on Section 1.4 of the Havenlon Whitepaper v2.0. This section explains why traditional information security cannot govern execution… Continue reading on Me
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
I built a honeypot that fingerprints every script kiddie that knocks & here's what I found!
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Dev.to AI
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1w ago
The implementation of secure
The implementation of secure, off-site data replication protocols guarantees that your historical profile data remains safe against unexpected localized power f
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
MCP Server Security Audit 2026: 5 Real Community Server Reviews + Trap Patterns
Adding to my watchlist of AI dev tools. Quick rundown: MCP Server Security Audit 2026: 5 Real Community Server Reviews + Trap Patterns Audited 5 popular communi
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
NOID
NOID allows you to exist online as thousands of unrelated identities, making surfing completely safe. Furthermore, it is free of all the tracking tools found in
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
EMA-readiness: a conformance baseline for the Enterprise-Managed Authorization era
On 2026-06-18 the Model Context Protocol's Enterprise-Managed Authorization (EMA) extension went Stable — announced by MCP maintainer Paul Carleton on the MCP b

Medium · AI
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1w ago
Uncover the Real MSISDN | SS7 Telecom Security Research Tool
Understanding How Mobile Identity Works in Modern Telecom Networks Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
Weekly Roundup — What Happened in Tech, Jun 15–21
Five stories from the week of Jun 15–21, each one I read end to end. 1. CISA contractor exposed AWS GovCloud admin keys on public GitHub. A repo called "Private

Medium · Programming
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1w ago
I found North Korean (DPRK) malware hiding in my tailwind.config.js
I almost closed the file without reading it. Three days later I was killing processes in production at 2am, rotating every credential I… Continue reading on Med
Medium · Programming
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1w ago
Timing Attacks Against PHP Login Endpoints — How Real and How to Fix
If your login skips password_verify for unknown users, attackers can enumerate accounts via response time. Verified fix in 4 lines. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Programming
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1w ago
The CIA Triad: The Three Words Every Security Decision Comes Back To
I’ve taught cybersecurity to enough beginners now to know that the term “CIA Triad” sounds like it belongs in a spy movie, not a textbook… Continue reading on M
Medium · Programming
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1w ago
Reconnaissance: Why the Best Hackers Look Before They Touch Anything
When new students start learning ethical hacking, almost all of them want to skip straight to the exciting part: running a scan, finding a… Continue reading on

Medium · Programming
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1w ago
I Hid an Entire Website Inside a Favicon, So Now I’m Worried About Your Browser
What happens when the smallest, most-ignored file on the web turns out to be a smuggling container. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · AI
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1w ago
At LionSec Hub, we exist to help secure Africa’s digital economy, strengthen organizational…
Introducing LionSec Hub: Learn. Build. Protect. Continue reading on Medium »
Reddit r/learnprogramming
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1w ago
sorry if this isnt really programming related, but how would one protect ip adresses in a locally hosted multiplayer game?
for example, (from my understanding) steam multiplayer games are locally hosted like 99% of the time, where the host is basically the server. my question is: ho
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
Hardware Encryption Market Growth, Industry Outlook & Forecast, 2026–2034
The global hardware encryption market was valued at USD 505.46 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 606.05 billion in 2026. According to recent marke

Medium · AI
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1w ago
The Corix Partners Friday Reading List — June 19, 2026
Top 10 Leadership and Management links of the week, curated by Corix Partners Founder and CEO JC Gaillard, focusing on cyber security of… Continue reading on Th
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
🔐 Why Your Next-Gen THz Communication System Needs Governance, Not Just Encryption
IFA-Compliant Architecture for 560 GHz Photonic Systems I've been working on a critical challenge: how do you secure 560 GHz photonic wireless systems when atta
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
AWS Security Agent
El Problema Real: El Gap entre Desarrollo y Seguridad La realidad en la mayoria de organizaciones es brutal: Mas del 60% de las organizaciones actualiza sus apl
Dev.to AI
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1w ago
Intel Omni-Path Resurfaces as InfiniBand Rival for DoE Supercomputers
Intel's Omni-Path interconnect, revived by Cornelis Networks, will connect DoE supercomputers at 400Gbps as an InfiniBand alternative. Intel's Omni-Path interco

Medium · AI
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2w ago
The Email Looked Exactly Like My Manager Wrote It — It Wasn’t
AI-powered phishing is 4.5x more effective than traditional attacks. Here’s how it works — and why even smart people are falling for it. Continue reading on Med

Medium · AI
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2w ago
Cybersecurity Is Not a Layer. It’s an Architecture
A frontier AI company left a database open to the internet. The lesson is not that someone was careless. The lesson is that the security… Continue reading on Hu

Medium · Programming
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2w ago
ManageEngine PAM360 (2026): Features, Benefits, Pricing & Complete Guide
A complete privileged access management solution to reduce security risks and protect critical systems Continue reading on Medium »
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