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7/17/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Vercel Connect gives GitHub Tools short-lived tokens for agent workflows

Vercel has added first-class Vercel Connect support to GitHub Tools, letting agent apps mint short-lived, scoped GitHub tokens at runtime instead of storing long-lived personal access tokens.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

Cloudflare exposes Temporary Accounts through its API

Cloudflare now lets platforms create temporary preview accounts through the REST API, giving AI app builders and coding-agent products a way to deploy Workers before a user signs in and then hand ownership back through a claim URL.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

GitHub expands secret scanning with Resend tokens and monitoring insights

GitHub is rolling out secret scanning updates that add Resend and APIclub detectors, block VolcEngine Ark API keys by default, expose secret categories in webhooks, and add public monitoring insights for enterprise security teams.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Replace Cloudflare Workers KV legacy API routes before October

Cloudflare has deprecated the legacy Workers KV namespace API paths and will stop serving them on October 15, 2026. Update integrations from /workers/namespaces to /storage/kv/namespaces before automated scripts, dashboards, or deployment tools break.

Tools & Apps

7/16/2026 5 min

@ZachasADMIN

Patch Oracle E-Business Suite Payments Before the New KEV Deadline

CISA added CVE-2026-46817 to the KEV catalog with a July 18 deadline after evidence of active exploitation. Oracle E-Business Suite teams should patch Oracle Payments, check exposure, and run compromise triage before treating the fix as complete.

Tools & Apps

7/15/2026 4 min

@ZachasADMIN

Patch AD FS CVE-2026-56155 Before a Foothold Becomes Admin Access

Microsoft and CISA list CVE-2026-56155 as an actively exploited AD FS elevation-of-privilege flaw. Patch exposed Windows Server estates first, then verify identity logs and affected builds.

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