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Security Operations

Secure Preview Tunnels and Temporary Development URLs

Use development tunnels safely with authentication, short lifetimes, origin restrictions, secret isolation, logging, and explicit shutdown.

Sep 19, 2026

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Security Operations

Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration: Start with an Inventory

Prepare for post-quantum migration by inventorying cryptographic use, data lifetimes, vendors, protocols, certificates, libraries, and upgrade paths.

Sep 19, 2026

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Identity and Access

API Endpoint Authentication Checklist: Beyond a Hidden URL

Secure API routes with explicit authentication, authorization, token validation, resource checks, rate limits, and failure-safe defaults.

Sep 19, 2026

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Security Operations

Risk-Based Vulnerability Prioritization: What to Patch First

Prioritize vulnerabilities using exploitation evidence, exposure, asset importance, privileges, compensating controls, and recovery readiness.

Sep 19, 2026

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Security Operations

Secure File Upload Validation: Extension, MIME Type, and Content

Protect upload endpoints with allowlists, server-side MIME detection, size limits, randomized names, isolated storage, and safe processing.

Sep 19, 2026

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Security Operations

Fake GitHub Repository Malware: How Developers Can Stay Safe

Recognize malicious repositories and cloned project pages by checking provenance, history, releases, scripts, dependencies, and isolated testing.

Sep 19, 2026

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Security Operations

How to Detect Developer Tools Uploading Source Code or Git History

Evaluate coding tools for hidden uploads by testing network traffic, repository scope, telemetry, exclusions, retention, and account controls.

Sep 19, 2026

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AI-Assisted Development

Desktop AI Agent Permissions: Design Safe Computer Actions

Control desktop AI agents with capability boundaries, scoped folders, destination allowlists, previews, approvals, rollback, and audit logs.

Sep 19, 2026

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AI-Assisted Development

How to Verify AI-Generated Facts Before Publishing or Acting

Build an evidence-first workflow for checking AI claims, calculations, dates, identifiers, citations, and high-impact recommendations.

Sep 19, 2026

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Identity and Access

OAuth Consent Grant Audit: Find Risky Connected Apps

Audit connected applications by reviewing scopes, publishers, users, refresh tokens, unused grants, delegated authority, and revocation.

Sep 19, 2026

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Identity and Access

MCP Server Security Checklist for AI Tool Integrations

Review MCP servers for provenance, permissions, tool descriptions, credential handling, network access, approvals, logging, and revocation.

Sep 19, 2026

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AI-Assisted Development

AGENTS.md Guide: Repository Instructions for AI Coding Assistants

Write an effective AGENTS.md file that gives coding agents clear commands, architecture context, testing rules, security boundaries, and review expectations.

Sep 19, 2026

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