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End-of-Life Software: How to Find the Unpatched Runtimes on Your Public Web
securityAugust 23, 2026

End-of-Life Software: How to Find the Unpatched Runtimes on Your Public Web

An end-of-life runtime is a vulnerability you can read straight off an HTTP response. What actually leaks a version, why EOL is not the same as outdated, and how to check your own hosts.

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How to Detect a Subdomain Takeover: The Provider Fingerprint Reference
securityAugust 1, 2026

How to Detect a Subdomain Takeover: The Provider Fingerprint Reference

Most subdomain takeover fingerprint lists have rotted. Here is the four-step detection loop, the NS and MX variants, and a provider table with a status column.

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How to Evaluate an AI Security Copilot: The 9-Question Live Test We Ran on Our Own Platform
securityJune 12, 2026

How to Evaluate an AI Security Copilot: The 9-Question Live Test We Ran on Our Own Platform

We interrogated FortWatch AI against our own production workspace and published everything — transcripts, cost, latency, and the one failure we disclosed.

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How to Find Your Company on Shodan (Before an Attacker Does): A Founder's 15-Minute Guide
tutorialsJune 7, 2026

How to Find Your Company on Shodan (Before an Attacker Does): A Founder's 15-Minute Guide

Shodan is a search engine attackers use to find your forgotten servers and open databases. Here's how to search for your own company first, in 15 minutes.

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Software Supply Chain Attacks: How They Work and How to Defend
securityJune 7, 2026

Software Supply Chain Attacks: How They Work and How to Defend

SolarWinds, XZ Utils, dependency confusion, the 2025 npm token worms: how supply chain attacks work, each mapped to the exact defense that stops it.

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Public Cloud Buckets: How S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Leak Data — and How to Lock Yours Down
securityJune 7, 2026

Public Cloud Buckets: How S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Leak Data — and How to Lock Yours Down

A single anonymous request can dump an entire bucket — no exploit, no credential. Here's how object storage goes public across S3, Azure Blob, and GCS, and the account-level kill switch that shuts it down.

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Exposed Databases: Why an Open MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Redis Port Means Full Compromise
securityJune 7, 2026

Exposed Databases: Why an Open MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or Redis Port Means Full Compromise

An open, unauthenticated MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Memcached, CouchDB, etcd, or Cassandra port is the cleanest CRITICAL in external security — full read, full delete, often host RCE, using the product's own commands. How attackers find them in seconds, and how to close them.

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Exposed Redis on Port 6379: From FLUSHALL to RCE, and How to Lock It Down
securityJune 7, 2026

Exposed Redis on Port 6379: From FLUSHALL to RCE, and How to Lock It Down

An open Redis port 6379 isn't a config nit for the backlog — it's a critical finding. Censys counted 39,405 unauthenticated instances, roughly half already showing compromise attempts, and Wiz's 2025 sweep found ~60,000. Here's the attacker playbook and a copy-pasteable hardening checklist.

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HTTP Security Headers Checklist: HSTS, CSP, and the Six Headers Every Site Needs
tutorialsMay 25, 2026

HTTP Security Headers Checklist: HSTS, CSP, and the Six Headers Every Site Needs

A practical checklist for the six HTTP response headers that defend your site against clickjacking, MITM, XSS, and data leakage — with example values and the mistakes to avoid.

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How to Choose an EASM Tool: A Buyer's Framework Without the Vendor Spin
securityMay 13, 2026

How to Choose an EASM Tool: A Buyer's Framework Without the Vendor Spin

Every EASM vendor's homepage looks the same. Here's the framework we use to compare them honestly — what to ask, what to test, and what to ignore.

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Exposed .env Files: Why Production Secrets Keep Leaking to the Public Web
securityMay 13, 2026

Exposed .env Files: Why Production Secrets Keep Leaking to the Public Web

An exposed .env file at your web root is a credential dump waiting to be indexed. Here's why this keeps shipping to production and how to detect it.

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Subdomain Takeover: How Dangling DNS Records Hand Attackers Your Brand
securityMay 13, 2026

Subdomain Takeover: How Dangling DNS Records Hand Attackers Your Brand

A dangling CNAME pointing at a deprovisioned cloud service is a one-click takeover for whoever claims the resource next. Here's how it happens and how to catch it.

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