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ThreatsDay: Apache OFBiz RCE, DreamHost Breach, DeFi Site Hijacks + 17 More Stories

How much damage can someone do without breaking much? Quite a lot, it seems. A stolen login can open doors across several systems. A trusted setting can be used to lock people out. Even a simple file copy can reach places it shouldn't. And while new tools are helping find security holes faster, some important systems are still taking months, sometimes over a year, to get patched. Not exactly a

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ThreatsDay: Apache OFBiz RCE, DreamHost Breach, DeFi Site Hijacks + 17 More Stories

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Online multiplayer with no game server: WebRTC invite links and a browser as referee

PlayTrova is a free games site I run as a fully static Next.js site, with no backend at all. I still wanted the board games to have the one feature families actually ask for: send a link, play…

  • PlayTrova offers turn-based board games without backend or accounts
  • WebRTC invite links enable online multiplayer gaming
  • Deterministic games use seed and short move strings for networking

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377 SQL checks on 4.6 million generated rows: what they caught

In part 1 I showed the method: write every rule about your data as a sentence, then one SQL query that counts the rows breaking it. The rule holds when the query returns 0.

  • Author ran 377 SQL checks across 4.6 million generated rows
  • Identified issues like clustering of dates and unrealistic data counts
  • Explicitly written rules helped catch intended data problems

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Reverse ASIN and Amazon Rank Tracking From Python, Without a Seller-Tool Subscription

Amazon sellers keep asking the same two questions: which keywords does this listing rank for , and is my rank going up or down ? Seller tools answer both for a monthly fee.

  • Apify Actor retrieves Amazon rank and keyword info without subscription
  • Reverse ASIN mode tracks up to 10 ASINs, returns keywords, searches, and ranks
  • Instant Pot ASIN example returned 20 keywords in 4 seconds at $0.090 cost

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