Category: Tidbits

OpenSearch 3.0 is more of a signal flare than just another version bump. The open-source project, which began as a fork of Elasticsearch, has now grown into a fully differentiated, community-driven search and analytics platform. With performance leaps, modular architecture, and a deeper embrace of AI workloads, OpenSearch 3.0 marks a pivotal shift toward a

OWASP dropped its 2025 Top 10 on November 6th with a brand-new category nobody saw coming: “Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions” (A10). I spent a weekend building a scanner to detect these issues and immediately found authentication bypasses in three different production codebases. The most common pattern? return True in exception handlers, effectively granting access whenever

Set against the backdrop of accelerated growth of technology over the past several decades, notwithstanding large organizations, nonprofits as well have become overly reliant on technology for their day-to-day operations. New data shows that this reliance often presents opportunities for cyber criminals to launch discreet or direct attacks, leading to one of the most threatening

Like many challenges, it began with a user who continued receiving the wrong videos on her feed. It appeared to be a mere glitch in our recommendation system, but as we got deeper into it, we found that there was some concealed bias in our code, and it was just causing unfairness in our setup.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly emerging as a fundamental framework for secure AI integration. It effectively links large language models (LLMs) with essential corporate assets, such as APIs, databases, and services. However, moving from concept to production requires addressing several key real-world demands: Governance: Defining clear rules regarding who is authorized to access

I learned this lesson the hard way. A few years back, I built a donation platform I thought was bulletproof. The design? Slick. Payments? Smooth. I figured, “Alright, I’ve nailed it.”

Istio has established itself as a popular, trusted, and powerful service mesh platform. It complements Kubernetes with powerful features such as security, observability, and traffic management with no code changes. Istio’s several key features strengthen cloud-native and distributed systems, ensuring consistency, security, and resilience across diverse environments.  Istio has also recently graduated under the Cloud

A recent MIT study reported that only about 5% of GenAI applications are creating real, measurable business value. In my opinion, that’s not a failure of ambition. If anything, most teams are experimenting aggressively. The issue is that the underlying systems we use to deliver software haven’t adapted to what AI actually is. It has

In Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), connectors help keep user accounts, roles, and access permissions in sync across your applications.   What if you don’t deploy a connector? What about legacy and cloud applications that don’t support SCIM, or systems handled by third-party vendors that don’t allow inbound connections?

Introduction When an AI trading agent exploits a smart contract vulnerability, financial firms can lose millions in seconds. In 2024 alone, more than $1.42 billion vanished through smart contract exploits, with AI-enhanced systems showing particularly troubling weaknesses that traditional security frameworks simply cannot address. As blockchain and AI technologies converge, they create entirely new attack