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Microsoft Patches Record 974 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days

The record-breaking September security update fixes two exploited privilege-escalation zero-days and 20 potentially wormable vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft Patches Record 974 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Exploited Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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GitLab Runner Has Never Contacted This Instance: Every Cause and Fix

You created a runner, GitLab listed it, and next to it sits a grey warning: This runner has never contacted this instance. Your pipeline sits pending, and nothing in the UI tells you why.

  • Runner record exists in GitLab's database but no runner process has polled it
  • Ensure runner can reach GitLab URL, verify TLS certificate if self-signed

I built a secret scanner that tries to answer “is this secret actually live?"

I’ve been building SecretLoop , and it’s now available in Preview on Open VSX. The problem I was trying to solve is pretty simple. You run a secret scanner and get: “Found an API key.” Cool.

  • SecretLoop is a tool to determine if secrets are still active after scanning.
  • Uses over 100 provider rules and entropy detection to verify credentials.
  • Offers remediation options and supports CI integration.

I Wired the Boring 80% So You Can Build the Interesting 20%

Built for the AI era: a production-ready TypeScript modular monolith with guardrails for robot coworkers. Every new project starts the same way.

  • Starter provides production-grade modular monolith in TypeScript
  • Includes authentication, multi-tenancy, file uploads, and more
  • Saves developers 3 weeks of wiring boilerplate code

The Genealogy Book Nobody Had Time to Read

What a personal agent stack is actually for. A relative of mine was sent a book about one of our ancestors. A genealogy, hundreds of pages, compiled by someone who had clearly spent years on it.

  • Writer's relative received genealogy book with ancestors' info.
  • AI agent digitized book in half an hour, turning pages to searchable text.
  • Agent mapped connections to family's existing genealogy data, creating open-source website.

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