The Certainty Trap

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1. /01

   When AI Builds Itself

   Anthropic shares early progress on recursive self-improvement, where AI models help train and evaluate the next generation. The post covers what works, what breaks, and the open safety questions ahead.

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2. /02

   Offensive knowledge, offline. One search box for every playbook

   A single search box bundles offensive security playbooks, scripts, cheatsheets, and tooling indexes from the PentHertz red team library. Designed to work without a network, anywhere.

   Read : Offensive knowledge, offline. One search box for every playbook
3. /03

   Client-Side Auth Bypasses Are Still Trivial

   Four real-world case studies show how enforcing authentication only in client-side JavaScript hands attackers the keys. Two required nothing more than view source and curl.

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4. /04

   BruteCat Hacked Google for $500K With AI

   An AI agent unleashed across Google's 1,500 APIs and 3,600 keys turned up bug after bug, yielding $500,000 in bounties. A blueprint for AI-driven bug bounty at scale.

   Read : BruteCat Hacked Google for $500K With AI
5. /05

   How LLMs Actually Work

   A from-the-ground-up walkthrough of modern LLMs, from tokens to transformer blocks to the next-token loop. The clearest explainer I've read in months.

   Read : How LLMs Actually Work