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Autonomous Smart Contract Auditing: AST Traversal and CEI Verification

Autonomous Smart Contract Auditing: AST Traversal and CEI Verification Sebagian besar exploit di EVM bukan produk dari zero-day kriptografis yang rumit. Mereka terjadi karena kelalaian mekanis: pengembang lupa mengubah state sebelum mentransfer token, atau keliru menaruh asumsi pada external call. Pola Checks-Effects-Interactions (CEI) sudah diajarkan sejak DAO hack 2016, namun reentrancy tetap…

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We Tested 82 Residential Proxy Providers Across 142,310 Real-World Requests: October 2026 Report

Last month we published the September edition with 80 providers and 115,192 requests. The October edition is out: 82 providers, 6 targets, 142,310 requests , collected from Oct 1 to Oct 31, 2026 (all…

  • 82 residential proxy providers tested across 142,310 real-world requests in October 2026
  • Success rates increased by 4.0 percentage points from 91.5% to 95%, latency up by 0.12 seconds
  • Significant performance differences observed across targets, especially with Google and Amazon

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A Pre-Flight Checklist Before You Burn STT Credits on a Long Video

Disclosure: I build ClipShrink , including the cloud Video to Text tool. For device-picked files, compress/trim can run as browser-local encoding; transcription is Freemium cloud work with an account…

  • Trim recording to focus on needed speech
  • Remove ASR killers like heavy music, overlapping voices
  • Use original clear audio files for accurate transcripts

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Drupal Warns of Critical Commerce Core Flaw Exploited

Drupal has told admins to patch CVE-2026-118539 in the Commerce Core module right away, because attackers are already exploiting it.

  • Drupal issues critical advisory on Commerce Core security flaw
  • Attackers can exploit vulnerability without authentication
  • Module used by over 42,000 websites including Fortune 500 firms

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I Built a Python Bot That Types at 200 WPM. Then I Made It Type Like a Human.

Automating a typing test is easy. Making a machine type like someone who actually makes mistakes? That's where things get interesting. A few days ago, I had a ridiculous thought.

  • Author builds Python bot to type faster than anyone else
  • Bot initially types at consistent speed, uninteresting
  • Author introduces randomness to mimic human typing behavior

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