Password-based authentication is vulnerable to various common attacks, including password reuse, weak passwords, and phishing. To combat these threats, this guide from the NCSC guides on “going beyond passwords” with MFA, federated Single Sign-On (SSO), FIDO 2 security keys, or magic links and one-time passwords (OTPs). Each section includes an introduction to the method, its pros and cons, and a chart to help determine when you may want to use it and when you may want to consider a different method.
This GitHub repository offers resources on client-side web security, focusing on JavaScript, XSS, CSP bypasses, CORS, CSRF, and other attack vectors. It includes tutorials, challenges, case studies, and security blogs for practical learning.
A flexible framework for security teams to build and deploy AI-powered workflows that complement their existing security operations.
GitPhish is a comprehensive security research tool designed to perform GitHub's device code authentication flow. The platform operates through three primary modes: an authentication server, automated landing page deployment, and an administrative management interface.
According to the FBI's top cyber official, Brett Leatherman, the Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon is "largely contained" and "dormant" in telecommunications networks, with nine U.S. telecom companies having been victimized. However, the hackers still pose a threat, as they could pivot from espionage to destructive action. Leatherman noted that Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon are more similar than some think, as both have access to critical infrastructure that could support destructive operations.
The U.S. sanctioned Russia-based Aeza Group and its leaders for providing "bulletproof" hosting services that enable cybercriminals to operate illegal websites and evade law enforcement. The sanctions target multiple companies and individuals associated with the Aeza Group. This effort was coordinated with the UK.
Threat actors are weaponizing Vercel's v0 AI tool to create convincing phishing sites through simple text prompts, targeting multiple brands, including Okta customers. This represents a significant evolution in AI-powered cybercrime, enabling low-skilled attackers to rapidly generate high-quality fake login pages at scale without coding knowledge.
Microsoft fixed a bug that broke the "Print to PDF" feature in Windows 11 after a recent update.
Blind Eagle, a cybercrime group, is using Proton66's Russian hosting services to launch malware attacks on Latin American banks via fake banking websites.
Ubuntu plans to disable certain Intel GPU security features to boost performance by about 20%, a change deemed low-risk for most users given the rarity and difficulty of potential attacks.
Cloudflare's Pay Per Crawl lets content owners charge AI crawlers for access using HTTP 402 response codes. Publishers can set prices, allow or block crawlers, and manage payments through Cloudflare. Crawlers authenticate with signed headers and can agree to pricing via request. The system enables monetization at scale, laying the groundwork for future agent-driven transactions and dynamic licensing. Now in private beta, it gives creators more control over how their content is accessed online.
FICO is introducing new credit scores that include buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans, aiming to give lenders better insight into repayment behavior. This change could reduce ecommerce conversions and order values as consumers become more cautious about using BNPL, fearing credit score impacts. A FICO-Affirm study showed that opening multiple BNPL loans in a short time signals higher credit risk, but responsible use could help consumers with thin credit histories build stronger profiles. Merchants may face short-term uncertainty but could benefit from lower BNPL fees and more competitive provider rates.
Pollo AI is an all-in-one video and image generator launched in January. It has gained 361M TikTok views, 110K downloads last month, and $20K in monthly recurring revenue. The team runs 14 faceless TikTok accounts. Each posts one of three AI video formats daily: Alien AI, Jesus AI, or Fat Pigs AI. Videos include a watermark and end with a prompt to search “Pollo AI”.
Relay.app founder Jacob Bank manages over 40 AI agents that handle marketing tasks like social media content, blog updates, newsletters, lead qualification, and partner management. These agents complete focused workflows such as tracking LinkedIn trends, updating SEO content, and scoring demo requests using CRM and AI data. While the agents work autonomously, Bank reviews key outputs to maintain quality. This approach treats AI as team members rather than tools, allowing small teams to scale impact through thoughtful workflow design and minimal setup.
Attio uses world-class design as a strategic edge to compete in the crowded CRM market. It relies on progressive disclosure to reduce cognitive load and build user confidence by only revealing features when needed. Its consistent design system ensures every element feels cohesive and familiar across workflows. Attio makes users want to engage with the platform by creating an experience that encourages creative flow, giving it an advantage over legacy tools.
Meta is launching enhanced marketing messages on Messenger to help businesses re-engage customers through chat after initial interactions. Businesses can now send personalized or broadcast promotional messages to subscribers using tools like CRM lists and Messenger ads. The feature is available globally to developers and limited to select countries for businesses.
Google added an AI function to Sheets that lets users generate text, summaries, sentiment analysis, and categorized data directly within spreadsheet cells using Gemini. Users can automate repetitive tasks across up to 200 cells at once by entering prompts. The feature supports flexible data references and offers refresh options when inputs change. It is available to select Google Workspace plans and is rolling out gradually.
Wikipedia stopped its experiment with AI-generated article summaries after volunteer editors pushed back strongly. The AI summaries were mostly accurate, but editors felt they did not match Wikipedia's style and worried about AI taking over their editorial work. This situation shows the challenges newsrooms face with AI adoption. Successful news organizations introduce AI carefully, involving teams and earning trust instead of imposing changes from the top down.
AI is helping loyalty programs shift from group-based targeting to personalized engagement by analyzing individual behaviors and preferences. This allows brands to deliver rewards, messages, and experiences in real time that feel tailored to each customer and not just part of a campaign. Experts note that this shift also improves efficiency by automating manual processes, detecting fraud patterns, and saving marketing teams time and budget through smarter content creation and campaign optimization.
Creators are using editing techniques to literally break the screen barrier.
Grammarly acquired Superhuman to position itself as a workplace productivity platform.
The Pride Cycle outlines a four-stage pattern that explains how companies lose momentum not from external threats but from internal shifts.
A white-hat hacker found leaked secrets in deleted GitHub commits by scanning force push events using the GitHub Event API and GH Archive. He developed a tool to identify these "Oops Commits" and discovered thousands of active secrets, including one that could have led to a massive supply-chain compromise in the Istio project. The process involved manual searching, a vibe-coded triage tool, and an eventual AI-driven approach to identify valuable secrets.
Shopify rebuilt its Admin platform using Remix, which led to a 30% performance improvement thanks to using Remix loaders for parallel fetching and having intelligent prefetching. This rebuild also made the system AI-ready by giving it structured route information and form schemas after the rebuild. The system itself handles 67 million daily page views and contributions from 101 teams with 350+ daily code merges.
Devs often jump to building complex AI agents powered by LLMs when simpler workflows would be better and easier to debug. There are multiple LLM workflow patterns, like prompt chaining and routing, that can solve many problems without the complexity of full-blown agents. Agents, where the LLM controls the workflow, should only be implemented for dynamic tasks requiring human oversight.
When rebuilding infrastructure with Go and ClickHouse, this dev found that LLMs produced buggy and messy code, leading to a cycle of fixing one error only to create new ones. This experience showed a gap between the hype surrounding AI productivity and the reality of its limitations in production environments. Instead, LLMs are best for small tasks like refactoring.
Release announcements should focus on how the user's experience is improved, not just listing features or bug fixes. Instead of focusing on what developers did, highlight what users can now do with the software, using clear language and visuals like graphs and concise demos.
The Glass3D generator allows devs to create a 3D glass effect (like Apple Liquid Glass) and customize visual effects like blur, color, and texture, with CSS code provided.
Turso has released the first alpha of its SQLite rewrite, which addresses SQLite's limitations like its lack of concurrent writes, limited real-time capabilities, and a closed development community. The alpha has an asynchronous interface to replace SQLite's synchronous API and includes core database operations, though indexes, multi-threading, and other advanced features are still in development.
whatsapp-api-js is a TypeScript framework for server-agnostic integration with the official WhatsApp Business API, with features like message handling and webhook setup.
This article goes over how LLMs' sizes have changed over time, starting with GPT-2 and GPT-3's parameter counts and training data specifics and ending with the limited public information about GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. Models like Mixtral and Deepseek V3 use a Mixture-of-Experts architecture, which makes them harder to compare to the traditional "dense" architectures.
The XOR (exclusive or) bitwise operation has its applications in solving interview questions. The "XOR trick" is where duplicated values in a sequence of XOR operations cancel each other out. This trick can be applied to solve problems like in-place swapping of variables, finding a missing number in an array, finding a duplicate number, and even finding two missing/duplicate numbers.
LLMs can function as compilers in the future, transforming context into software features. Instead of directly manipulating code, engineers will focus on providing context, defining tests, and iterating based on the results.
High-value work is always deep work, as focus and perseverance are necessary to solve complex problems, while motivation is from having strong personal beliefs from ego, prestige, distraction, gratitude, or social connection.
Important modern Node.js patterns for 2025 include using ES Modules with the `node:` prefix for built-in modules, using top-level await for better initialization, and using native web APIs like fetch and AbortController to reduce external dependencies.
Modern browsers automatically include `rel="noopener"` when `target="_blank"` is used, preventing a security vulnerability where the linked page could manipulate the original page.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hinted that the company is evaluating compensation for the entire research organization in response to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent AI talent-poaching spree. He has dismissed the recruiting efforts, saying that Meta's actions will lead to deep cultural problems down the road. Altman says that Meta failed to get OpenAI's top people and that Meta had to go quite far down the list.
2025.07.02·wired.com·4 min read·TLDR Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine was 27% more effective at preventing influenza infections than a standard flu shot in a study that included nearly 41,000 people aged 50 and above. The new shot, dubbed mRNA-1010, hit the highest efficacy target set for the trial. The positive results come in the wake of one of the worst flu seasons in years. An estimated 770,000 people in the US were hospitalized for the flu during the 2024-2025 flu season.
2025.07.02·arstechnica.com·3 min read·TLDR Tesla claims that its lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery cell factory in Nevada is nearly ready to start production. The company's cheapest electric vehicles all utilize LFP cells, as does its entire range of energy storage products - it currently heavily relies on Chinese manufacturers. Tesla aims to produce about 10 GWh of LFP battery cells per year at the new factory. The cells are expected to be used in the Tesla Megapack, which is produced in the US.
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AI-generated notes will go through the same vetting process as notes submitted by humans to encourage accuracy.
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