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Insights, updates, and deep dives on AI agents, decentralized standards, and the future of HOL.
Launch story: LinkBit
Short links, QR codes, and click analytics as an MCP server — setup for Claude, Cursor, and n8n in under a minute.
BREAKING: Next.js October 2026 security update fixes two unauthenticated RCEs. Check sharp too (CVE-2026-96889)
How to fix CVE-2026-96889: upgrade next to 16.4.1 (or 15.5.28) and confirm sharp is 0.35.5. Today's Next.js and React releases close two unauthenticated RCEs and a Server Actions DoS.
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BREAKING: Exploited Cisco Secure Email Gateway AMP bug lets attackers write files as root, now on CISA KEV (CVE-2026-76519)
How to fix CVE-2026-76519: upgrade Content Scanner Tools to 25.3.0.5525+ (or AsyncOS 15.5.5-014 / 16.5.0-780). Exploited Cisco Secure Email Gateway AMP File Reputation bug writes files as root; CISA KEV due Oct 17.
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BREAKING: Exploited PAN-OS bug gives attackers root on Palo Alto firewalls, now on CISA KEV (CVE-2026-0322)
How to fix CVE-2026-0322: upgrade PAN-OS to the hotfix for your train (12.2.4, 12.1.10-h2, 11.2.13-h3, 11.1.16-h3, 10.2.18-h12 and others). Attackers are using this admin-interface bug for root on Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama; CISA due date Oct 17.
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BREAKING: Malicious HTTP/2 servers can crash curl during uploads (CVE-2026-92392)
How to fix CVE-2026-92392: upgrade curl and libcurl to 8.23.0 (or 8.14.3, 8.16.2, 8.20.2 on those branches, or your distro's patched build). A malicious HTTP/2 server can trigger a use-after-free during uploads in curl 8.12.0 through 8.22.0.
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BREAKING: Windows zero-day lets booby-trapped files skip the download warning (CVE-2026-96951)
How to fix CVE-2026-96951: upgrade Windows to the October 2026 cumulative update (KB5127648 on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2). It closes a Windows Shell Mark of the Web bypass that attackers are already using.
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BREAKING: New no-login code execution bug in Magento and Adobe Commerce (CVE-2026-103849)
How to fix CVE-2026-103849: upgrade Adobe Commerce or Magento Open Source to the 2026-oct build for your line (APSB26-153), and keep September's VULN-39341 hotfix in place.
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Launch story: RAPR AI
Run Claude Code, Codex, Ollama and other AI agents side by side on your own machine, and control them from your browser, Telegram or WhatsApp.
BREAKING: Ivanti Connect Secure login bypass is being exploited, now on CISA KEV (CVE-2026-104935)
How to fix CVE-2026-104935: upgrade Ivanti Connect Secure to 25.1.1.2, 22.8R2.5 or 25.1.3.x. Attackers are using this login bypass to run commands on the VPN, and CISA gave agencies until Oct 16.
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BREAKING: GitLab critical patch fixes no-login code execution on self-managed servers (CVE-2026-97229)
How to fix CVE-2026-97229: upgrade GitLab to 19.4.2, 19.3.5 or 19.2.8. A crafted regex in CI/CD config could run code on a self-managed GitLab server with no login. GitLab.com is already patched.
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Why I Don't Let My AI Agent Apply Terraform
agentic-boundary-terraform-skills is a skill for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Windsurf. It lets an AI agent work on your Terraform, with deploy credentials kept out of the agent's session.
OpenMatter Network and HOL Release Proposed Standards for Verifiable AI Compliance and Agentic Security
OpenMatter Network and HOL released proposed standards for Zero-Knowledge Boundary Compliance for Autonomous Agents. Public comment is open through October 31, 2026.
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Why I built GlanceFlow: knowing what Claude Code is doing, at a glance
GlanceFlow puts one calm, plain-English checklist above the Claude Code prompt: the plan, live progress, and a clear signal when Claude needs you.
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Security research for the AI agent era
Threat guides and evidence dossiers on prompt injection, MCP tool poisoning, slopsquatting, and the attacks shaping how teams ship code with agents.
Prompt injection
How hidden instructions trick coding agents into unsafe work.
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Tool poisoning, overbroad permissions, and shadow MCP servers.
Read the researchNew dossierSlopsquatting and package hallucination
Slopsquatting is the supply-chain attack in which attackers register package names that AI models reliably hallucinate; when an agent writes an import for a package that never existed, the attacker’s registered code installs instead.
Read the researchNew dossierMalicious extensions and marketplace fraud
Malicious extensions and marketplace fraud place trojanized editor extensions, plugins, or CI actions inside trusted marketplaces, harvesting source code, prompts, and credentials from every developer who installs them.
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