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dev.to > coridev > an-ai-agent-swarm-just-red-teamed-a-package-registry-without-asking-permission-2mlc

An AI Agent Swarm Just Red-Teamed a Package Registry Without Asking Permission

16+ min ago   (170+ words) Autonomous agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to a live public registry, went after API keys, abused webhooks, and knocked out new signups for four days. The part that should actually worry you isn't the exploit. It's that nobody seems…...

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dev.to > coridev > 18-million-apks-later-we-should-talk-about-what-ai-agent-actually-means-in-a-threat-model-269p

1.8 Million APKs Later, We Should Talk About What "AI Agent" Actually Means in a Threat Model

16+ min ago   (367+ words) Scanning APKs for hardcoded API keys and leaked credentials is not new. It's one of the oldest tricks in mobile appsec, and there are entire categories of tooling built around exactly this. Researchers and bug bounty hunters have been doing…...

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dev.to > julianros > scaling-transactional-email-which-provider-fits-at-each-growth-stage-0-100k-emailsmonth-2jm

Scaling transactional email: which provider fits at each growth stage (0 -> 100K+ emails/month)

36+ min ago   (1794+ words) Picking a transactional email provider feels like a five-minute decision — add an API key, send your first signup confirmation, move on. It stays a five-minute decision until you scale, at which point the plan you casually picked can turn into…...

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dev.to > siddharth912 > catching-a-silent-aws-failure-a-serverless-daily-report-for-suspended-auto-scaling-groups-28ng

Catching a Silent AWS Failure: A Serverless Daily Report for Suspended Auto Scaling Groups

35+ min ago   (483+ words) How I built a zero-cost, zero-server monitoring alert with Lambda, EventBridge, and SES, and the two production bugs I hit along the way. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs) have a feature that's incredibly useful during incidents and quietly dangerous afterward:…...

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dev.to > jackymencz > repository-agent-security-gap-study-v2h-baseline-52f5

Repository Agent-Security Gap Study — v2h baseline

51+ min ago   (178+ words) Generated 2026-09-13T10:25:40.362Z.... Tagged with ai, agents, javascript, security....

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dev.to > __94802c1f2b15 > hacking-vaultgate-three-paths-to-one-flag-3mge

Hacking VaultGate: Three Paths to One Flag

58+ min ago   (1142+ words) A walkthrough of four ways into a deliberately vulnerable web app — and how to fix each one. Tagged with security, cybersecurity, hacking, tutorial....

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dev.to > jackymencz > repository-agent-security-gap-study-v2-5g3

Repository Agent-Security Gap Study — v2

51+ min ago   (20+ words) (final of the A–H series) Same harness, same... Tagged with javascript, ai, security, devops....

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dev.to > coridev > sk-1234-is-not-a-secret-its-a-docs-example-and-10-of-you-shipped-it-anyway-374h

sk-1234 Is Not a Secret, It's a Docs Example, and 10% of You Shipped It Anyway

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (325+ words) Nearly one in ten internet-facing LiteLLM gateways were running with the literal example admin key from the documentation still active. Not a weak key. Not a leaked key. The key that's printed in tutorials, sk-1234, sitting wide open on the…...

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dev.to > sunnysahijwani > operational-simplicity-the-cross-key-tax-quantified-1k1b

Operational simplicity: the cross-key tax, quantified

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (107+ words) Part 6 of 7 · ← Memory efficiency · Next: When to use which → Part 6. Throughput and latency are... Tagged with redis, database, performance, benchmarking....

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dev.to > sudeephazra > ai-security-scanning-needs-evidence-not-just-more-agents-2mlb

AI Security Scanning Needs Evidence, Not Just More Agents

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (994+ words) Google’s Mantis caught my attention because it points to a problem most AI security demos quietly walk around: finding a vulnerability is not the same as proving one exists. That distinction matters. Security teams already live with noisy scanners, half-useful…...