Alex Cabrera

Alex Cabrera

15+ years coding
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Centurion is now verified and live on the MS Store!

I’ve been building Centurion with a single mission: to make Windows security powerful, transparent, and beautiful. I've shown you how the app handles ETW monitoring, real-time process inspection, and advanced threat termination. But today isn't about a new feature. It's about Trust and Accessibility. I am incredibly hyped to announce that Centurion is now officially live on the Microsoft Store!...

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Centurion Modern Security launch day!

Centurion Modern Security is officially launching today on Product Hunt. After months of development, testing, and fine-tuning, I'm excited to bring a new generation of protective tools to everyday users. Centurion is a local-first, real-time security app built to give individuals powerful defenses, without opaque alerts, and without needing to be a tech expert. Centurion watches the unseen:...

Windows security platform that gives users full visibility over processes, network calls, and threats. It blocks phishing, malware & C2 traffic proactively — while making cybersecurity transparent and understandable.
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CenturionModern real-time cybersecurity for windows
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What’s the right balance between false positives and false negatives in real-time security?

One of the hardest challenges in cybersecurity is accepting that no tool is perfect. Errors will always slip through. The real question is: what kind of errors are you more willing to tolerate? On one side, false positives can be annoying. Too many alerts, too many blocked connections, and users will eventually start ignoring the tool. On the other side, a single false negative, letting a...

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Gamedev, secretly security nerd

Hi PH! I’ve been coding for more than 15 years. Starting out with games & servers, and slowly diving deeper into the world of cybersecurity. It’s always been my passion: breaking things down, understanding how they work, and building tools to keep people safe online. After many late nights and months of work, I recently released a project called Centurion. It’s a local-first security app I’ve...

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Building Centurion: Making Windows cybersecurity simple & modern

I’ve been building Centurion solo, a Windows security tool designed to make modern threats like phishing and infostealers easy to understand and block, without relying on heavy antivirus engines. It’s still early access, and I’d love to use this thread to: Share the vision behind Centurion Gather early feedback from developers, sysadmins, and security enthusiasts Discuss modern approaches to...