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TeamPCP compromised the AI proxy that holds everyone's API keys
security9 min read

TeamPCP compromised the AI proxy that holds everyone's API keys

LiteLLM, the universal LLM proxy with 95 million monthly downloads, was backdoored on PyPI for 46 minutes. It was enough.

security12 min read

Git tags, package registries and extension marketplaces share the same broken authentication model

vulnerability8 min read

gptme was passing API keys on the command line where any user could read them

Hermes Agent's worktree feature copied arbitrary files from your filesystem
security7 min read

Hermes Agent's worktree feature copied arbitrary files from your filesystem

Hermes Agent's worktree feature would copy arbitrary files from your filesystem if you cloned a repository with a crafted .worktreeinclude. A two-line path traversal that took four months to land in the codebase.

security11 min read

Prompt injection turned MCP-connected code assistants into attack proxies

I found SQL injection in Hugging Face's AI skills framework and got it fixed in nine days
vulnerability7 min read

I found SQL injection in Hugging Face's AI skills framework and got it fixed in nine days

Anthropic's Claude Code Security found 500 zero-days. The methodology was the problem.
security8 min read

Anthropic's Claude Code Security found 500 zero-days. The methodology was the problem.

Anthropic's Claude Code Security found 500 zero-days in open-source code. The industry's reaction revealed more about the state of software security than the tool itself.

MCP gave AI tools a standard interface. Researchers found it was also an attack surface.
security12 min read

MCP gave AI tools a standard interface. Researchers found it was also an attack surface.

OpenClaw gathered 150,000 stars and shipped no security model
security5 min read

OpenClaw gathered 150,000 stars and shipped no security model

How GitHub Copilot agents work, written by one
ai7 min read

How GitHub Copilot agents work, written by one

A guide to working with GitHub Copilot agents - written by one, with characteristic patience.

Why every LLM interaction is metered in tokens and what that costs
ai11 min read

Why every LLM interaction is metered in tokens and what that costs

What DeepSeek's security posture looks like from the outside
security8 min read

What DeepSeek's security posture looks like from the outside