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TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion

Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel, with detections and hunting guidance. The post TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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Why UNIQUE(event_id) Is the Double-Charge Defense Your Agent Rail Can't Skip

Why "UNIQUE(event_id)" Is the Double-Charge Defense Your Agent Rail Can't Skip FractalMesh / IronVision Nexus · son, real engineering, no buzzword theater Every payment integration — AI agent or otherwise — has one feature buyers can it charge me twice? Not "will it behave." Can it physically fail in the way that hurts people. The cloud-favorite answer is "webhooks are at-least-once delivery, so make Our order ledger stores every event against UNIQUE(event_id). The webhook on the raw body; the

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LuaDB: A pure Lua embeddable SQL database for game save files, state tracking, and cloud sync

Wanted to share a project I've been building called LuaDB: a lightweight, zero-dependency embeddable database system written in pure Lua. Why pure Lua? Cross-platform embedding without needing C bindings or compiling native SQLite shared libraries (great for LÖVE, Roblox, OpenResty, or embedded devices). What it includes: Full B+Tree index engine on 4KB slotted binary pages https://github.com/jncastilho/luadb Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

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