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SecurityWeek

Critical Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Hackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-48282) in Adobe ColdFusion that carries a CVSS score of 10/10. The post Critical Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Martin Fowler

Viability of local models for coding

Birgitta Böckeler recently spent some time trying out running local LLMs for some programming tasks. In this memo she outlines the factors that influence how viable they are for the job. more…

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SecurityWeek

Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks

Researchers say the Iran-linked threat actor used an adaptable modular malware framework and compromised IT service providers to reach high-value targets in Israel. The post Iran-Linked Hackers Using Modular C&C Framework in Cyberattacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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DZone

An XGBoost Property Valuation Postmortem: Leakage, Overfitting, and SHAP Surprises

I spent the last few months building a property valuation engine for Orlando. The goal was to beat a basic baseline (median price per square foot) using XGBoost. My v1 model looked good on paper until I looked under the hood. It had fatal flaws that the standard metrics could not surface. This is a postmortem on how a high R-square (R²) fooled me, how Optuna forced me to rethink my hyperparameter space, and why hyper-local real estate data will eat you alive if you treat it like a Kaggle dataset

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