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The Recurity Lablog
Company blog · blog.recurity-labs.comsecurity
The Recurity Lablog is the company blog at blog.recurity-labs.com, writing about security. Since 2017, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Compromise on Checkout – Vulnerabilities in SCM Tools”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the security disclosure write-up for vulnerabilities in Git, Subversion and Mercurial in 2017, and as an obituary for FX of Phenoelit in 2026. Comments are bare links or citations.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Compromise on Checkout – Vulnerabilities in SCM Tools4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-08-10
- Felix "fx" Lindner has died2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-02
What Hacker News says?
Report from the person who discovered the vulnerability: http://blog.recurity-labs.com/2017-08-10/scm-vulns
Comment linking /2017-08-10/scm-vulns
on “Critical security updates for Git, Subversion and Mercurial”Submitted Compromise on Checkout – Vulnerabilities in SCM Tools as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttp://blog.recurity-labs.com/2017-08-10/scm-vulns
Comment linking /2017-08-10/scm-vulns
on “Git v2.14.1, v2.13.5, and others – security fix for CVE-2017-1000117”Submitted Felix "fx" Lindner has died as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://blog.recurity-labs.com/2026-03-02/Farewell_Felix
Comment linking /2026-03-02/Farewell_Felix
on “FX (of Phenoelit) has passed away”Submitted Compromise on Checkout – Vulnerabilities in SCM Tools as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHe had suffered from an aneurysm almost 10 years ago: https://blog.recurity-labs.com/archives/2017/01/25/get_well_... He was a legend in German circles.
Comment linking /archives/2017/01/25/get_well_soon_fx/index.html
on “FX (of Phenoelit) has passed away”Submitted Compromise on checkout: vulnerabilities in gIt and other SCM tools as a story · 1 points
HN discussion