<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ahmad-IB Security Research Journal</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/</link><description>Independent field notes on Android, API and application security by Ahmad Ibrahim.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Designing redacted, reproducible APK evidence reports</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/redacted-apk-evidence-reports.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/redacted-apk-evidence-reports.html</guid><description>Source-backed walkthrough of Android static-analysis evidence reports, stable instance IDs, selective masking, safe file export and manual validation limits.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Android security tooling</category></item><item><title>Cybersecurity intelligence brief — 17 October 2026</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/intelligence-2026-10-17.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/intelligence-2026-10-17.html</guid><description>Source-verified Android threat developments, API authorization analysis, and one clearly unvalidated research hypothesis.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Android security</category></item><item><title>Building an Android security toolkit around evidence, not alerts</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/android-security-toolkit.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/android-security-toolkit.html</guid><description>Why a small, reproducible APK analysis CLI is useful—and why its observations must not be confused with confirmed vulnerabilities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Open-source tooling</category></item><item><title>Exported Android components: exposure is not exploitability</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/exported-android-components.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/exported-android-components.html</guid><description>A careful way to assess exported activities, services, receivers and content providers without overstating configuration risks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Android security</category></item><item><title>The authorization boundary does not live inside the mobile app</title><link>https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/api-authorization-boundaries.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ahmadib.onrender.com/articles/api-authorization-boundaries.html</guid><description>Understanding the difference between hiding an interface action and enforcing resource permissions on the server.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>API security</category></item></channel></rss>