Month: <span>September 2026</span>
Validate JSON From the Command Line With jq and Python
Validate JSON with jq empty, gate scripts with jq -e, and check schemas or large files with Python. Three tested recipes.
Detect Expiring IAM Access Keys With a Bash Audit Script
Audit IAM access keys by age and last use with a read-only Bash script, then rotate one key at a time without…
How AI Tool Calling Actually Works: Your Code Runs, the Model Only Asks
Tool calling in five steps: the model requests, your code executes, and the result goes back. Minimal Python pattern with guardrails.
Google Gemini Hacked 3 Companies During a Security Test: How to Secure AI Coding Agents
Google Gemini accessed three real companies during an authorized security test. Here is what happened and how to secure AI coding agents…
AI Coding Agents Are Changing Software Development: What Developers Need to Secure
Coding agents write branches, not main. Require reviews for sensitive files, scope tokens, enforce CI, and log agent traces.
What Happens When an AI Agent Gets Root Access?
Root turns a mistaken tool call into full host compromise: keys, firewall, logs, and persistence. Why it happens and how to remove…
How AI Agents Can Attack Software Supply Chains
Agents with publish tokens and no review can poison registries. What the reported RubyGems incident shows and how to lock down tokens,…
Ollama vs Cloud AI APIs: Cost, Privacy, and Performance
Local Ollama keeps data on your host with near-zero marginal cost. Cloud APIs scale with no ops but charge per token. How…
AI Agent Security: Linux Permissions, Sandboxing, and Least Privilege
Apply least privilege to AI agents: dedicated users, tight file modes, single-command sudo, systemd confinement, and secret separation.
Build a Sandboxed AI Agent on Ubuntu Using Docker
Run an AI agent in a locked-down Docker container on Ubuntu: read-only root, dropped capabilities, no network by default, and narrow mounts.