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12 October 2026
Weekly Tech Digest | 12 Oct 2026

Stay updated with the latest in tech! This digest covers AI ethics, auto industry shifts, and the impact of politics on technology, exploring today's pressing issues.

28 September 2026
Removed SSRF beta detections in Cloudflare WAF

Cloudflare WAF Managed Rules have a habit of changing underneath you, and old SSRF names can linger long after the protection has gone. I prefer to...

28 September 2026
Weekly Tech Digest | 28 Sep 2026

Stay updated with the latest in tech! This digest covers AI ethics, auto industry shifts, and the impact of politics on technology, exploring today's...

27 September 2026
Cloudflare WAF metadata changes for WordPress XSS

Cloudflare WAF WordPress XSS detection now has a cleaner CVE label, but the behaviour has not changed; the rule still blocks the same traffic, just...

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13 April 2026
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13 April 2026
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12 April 2026
Isolating n8n in Docker: network policies and backup

Running n8n in your homelab without proper isolation is a liability. CVE-2025-68613 lets authenticated users execute code with container privileges; if that container sits on your default Docker...

11 April 2026
Running local agentic AI coding workflows without cloud subscriptions

Running a local model means no quota walls, no token metre ticking, and no surprise bills when the agent loops through ten reasoning steps. Cloud coding assistants collapse under agentic use; local...

11 April 2026
n8n | stable

n8n 2 15 1 released: fixes Google Drive v1 infinite pagination loop, upgrade to 2 15 1, test Drive workflows, report regressions, roll back to 2 15 0 if needed

10 April 2026
Blocking residential proxy traffic with stateful firewall rules

Most home routers allow everything outbound by default, which is exactly how AVRecon persisted undetected for six years. A stateful firewall with explicit outbound rules and network segmentation...

9 April 2026
Personal health data needs local storage, not cloud

Health data inside a corporate platform means health data inside a jurisdiction you do not control, encrypted or not. Self-hosting it locally—with proper backups and audit trails—trades convenience...

7 April 2026
Stopping lateral movement in homelabs: ACLs, VLAN isolation, and process confinement

A compromised host on a flat network can reach every other node without crossing a single firewall rule. Network perimeter checks are useless if the interior is trusted by default; that is where...

6 April 2026
Air-gapped browsing in homelabs: containment without

A 48-hour gap between exploit discovery and patch deployment is normal, not exceptional. Browser isolation in your homelab is not about making the browser safe; it is about making sure a compromised...