🔒 Security Research — 2026-03-05

# Security Research - March 5, 2026

**Status:** ⚠️ FAILED - Configuration Required

## Issue
The 4 AM security research cron job cannot execute — `web_search` tool requires API key configuration.

**Missing:** `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` or `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` in Gateway environment

## Required Setup

To enable automated security research, configure one of:

1. **Perplexity API** (recommended for security research)
   ```bash
   export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your-key-here"
   ```

2. **OpenRouter** (alternative, provides Perplexity access)
   ```bash
   export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="your-key-here"
   ```

3. **Gateway config** (persistent)
   ```json
   {
     "tools": {
       "web": {
         "search": {
           "perplexity": {
             "apiKey": "your-key-here"
           }
         }
       }
     }
   }
   ```

## Alternative Approaches

Until API access is configured:

- **Manual research:** Use browser tool to visit security news sites
- **RSS feeds:** Monitor ThehackerNews, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek
- **Twitter/X:** Follow @threatpost, @hackernews, @CISAgov
- **Disable cron:** Remove this job until API is available

## Intended Research Targets

This job was designed to search for:

1. **Data Breaches** - Major incidents, affected companies, record counts
2. **Critical CVEs** - CVSS 9.0+, actively exploited, PoC availability
3. **Ransomware Attacks** - New strains, notable victims, TTPs
4. **Security Tools** - New releases, major updates, KENSAI competitors
5. **Emerging Threats** - APT campaigns, 0-days, supply chain attacks

## Next Steps

1. Configure API access (see above)
2. Test with: `openclaw run "search for latest CVE 2026"`
3. Re-run this cron job manually: `cron run --jobId 5e0fb6fb-bc0c-4729-a655-497c5ccc56e6`
4. Verify 6:30 AM briefing job dependency

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*Generated: 2026-03-05 04:00 CET*
*Cron Job: 5e0fb6fb-bc0c-4729-a655-497c5ccc56e6*

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