Security Research

An automated security research aggregator with a live-streaming web UI that pulls from IEEE, NIST, CISA, cybersecurity blogs, and policy/legislation sources weekly.

Features

• Live Streaming: New articles appear instantly via Server-Sent Events (SSE)
• AI Summarization: OpenAI-powered crisp summaries
  • Blogs/News → Abstract
  • Papers → Abstract + Methodology + Experiment
• Flexible Search: By content, domain, source, date (year / year-month / full date)
• Multiple Content Types: Papers, blogs, advisories, news
• Weekly Auto-Fetch: Cron-scheduled pulls every Monday

Sources

Source	Type	Domain
IEEE Security & Privacy	Papers	Cybersecurity
IEEE TIFS	Papers	Cybersecurity
NIST CSRC	Papers/Standards	Standards
NIST NVD	Advisories	Vulnerabilities
CISA Alerts	Advisories	Cybersecurity
CISA KEV	Advisories	Vulnerabilities
KrebsOnSecurity	Blog	Cybersecurity
Schneier on Security	Blog	Cryptography
The Hacker News	News	Cybersecurity
BleepingComputer	News	Cybersecurity
Securelist (Kaspersky)	Blog	Threats
Dark Reading	News	Cybersecurity
Cisco Talos	Blog	Threats
ESET	Blog	Threats
ENISA	Policy	Policy
Lawfare	Policy	Policy
CyberScoop	News	Policy

Setup

cd security-research-mcp
npm install

# Add your OpenAI key to .env (already created)
# Edit .env if needed

# Start the server
npm start

# Or run in dev mode with auto-reload
npm run dev

Usage

1. Start: npm start → Opens at http://localhost:3000
2. First fetch: Click "⚡ Fetch Now" button or run npm run fetch
3. Search: Use the search panel to filter by keywords, domain, source, date
4. Click any article: Expands to show AI-generated summary
   • Papers show: Abstract, Methodology, Experiment
   • Blogs/News show: Crisp Abstract

API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/stream	GET	SSE live stream of new articles
/api/search?q=&domain=&source=&type=&dateFrom=&dateTo=	GET	Search with filters
/api/latest?limit=50&offset=0	GET	Latest articles
/api/article/:id	GET	Article detail with AI summary
/api/stats	GET	Database statistics
/api/fetch	POST	Trigger manual fetch

Date Flexibility

The date filter accepts:

• Year only: 2025 → searches all of 2025
• Year-Month: 2025-07 → searches July 2025
• Full date: 2025-07-10 → exact date

Configuration

Edit .env:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key-here
PORT=3000
FETCH_CRON=0 0 * * 1    # Every Monday at midnight

Cron format: minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week

• 0 0 * * 1 = Weekly Monday midnight
• 0 */6 * * * = Every 6 hours
• 0 0 * * * = Daily midnight