Complete static archive of GigaTap articles about VPN, privacy, OPSEC, and security.
- ThreatPinchLookup: faster OSINT lookups, with caveats - ThreatPinchLookup is a browser-extension repository for security lookup workflows. Its value is in reducing analyst friction, but teams should verify maint
- Throne proxy GUI: what to verify before trusting it - Throne has visible GitHub traction and a recent push, but proxy GUI adoption needs more than stars. Here is what to check before trusting it with real traffic.
- TruffleHog scans for leaked credentials. Fit matters - TruffleHog is an open source secret-scanning tool. The useful question is not popularity alone, but where it fits, what it verifies, and how teams respond.
- Web_Hacking: a practical web security reference to verify first - A public GitHub repository collects bug bounty payloads, bypasses, and web testing notes. Useful as a reference, but not a substitute for validation, scope
- 3D Printer Censorware Is a Privacy Problem - EFF warns California A.B. 2047 could turn 3D printers into locked-down, permissioned devices with DRM-style control.
- A New Cybersecurity Awards Program Is Open—Treat It as a Signal - The Hacker News opened submissions for its Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026. Here’s what’s actually stated, what’s not, and how to evaluate the value withou
- AI apps are leaking power through bad configuration - Microsoft warns that exposed AI services, weak authentication, and cloud-native defaults are creating practical attack paths without zero-days.
- ALPR Mission Creep Is Already Writing Tickets - A Georgia phone-use citation shows how license plate reader networks drift from “serious crime” tools into everyday enforcement.
- AWS access portals get regional routing - AWS guidance shows how custom vanity domains can make IAM Identity Center access portals cleaner to route across Regions, with resilience and latency benef
- BBOT maps internet exposure recursively - BBOT is an open-source Python recon tool for recursive internet scanning, OSINT, and attack surface work. Here is what its public GitHub metadata supports
- BlackFile shows how vishing turns SSO into an extortion path - GTIG says UNC6671 uses live vishing, AiTM credential capture, and SaaS access to steal corporate data. The weak point is identity workflow, not a vendor CV
- ChatGPT Alternatives: Choose the Workflow, Not the Hype - Zapier’s 2026 framing: the best ChatGPT alternative is the tool that fits your workflow, reliability needs, and safety posture.
- Chrome Dev 150 lands on Android: what to test now - Google released Chrome Dev 150 for Android on Google Play. The note is brief, but it matters for teams testing upcoming browser behavior.
- CVE-2018-25236: When the Management Plane Betrays You - NVD rates a Hirschmann HiOS/HiSecOS web management auth bypass critical, proving exposed admin interfaces are live attack surface.
- Dirty Frag: Public Linux Root PoC Before Patch Clarity - A public Linux local root PoC raises risk because the chain is reported as reliable, deterministic, and not yet clearly patched.
- Docker and Black Duck target container CVE noise - Docker says Black Duck can identify Docker Hardened Images, use VEX data, and suppress base-image findings marked not affected. The value is cleaner triage
- Enterprise AI Agents in 2026: A Deployment Checklist, Not a Demo - Zapier argues AI agents are now an enterprise expectation—but only if they ship with scoped permissions, audit logs, human approvals, and guardrails. Here’
- EU Cloud Breach Probe: IAM Is the Blast Radius - The European Commission cloud breach probe is a reminder that IAM, keys, trust chains, and logs decide cloud incident damage.
- Ivanti EPMM zero-day RCE: patch fast, audit admin access - Ivanti says CVE-2026-6973 is being exploited as a zero-day against on-prem EPMM and requires admin authentication. What’s known, what’s not, and the practi
- Ollama bug can leak memory from exposed AI servers - A critical Ollama out-of-bounds read can leak process memory from network-exposed servers, including keys, prompts, and user data. The same report also des
- OpenAI Breach Shows the Real Risk in Trusted Build Pipelines - OpenAI says two employee devices were breached in the TanStack-linked supply-chain campaign. The larger issue is how trusted CI/CD and package release path
- Pentagi shows where AI pentest agents are heading - Pentagi is an open-source autonomous penetration testing project. The useful question is not hype, but fit, scope control, and what teams must verify before use.
- PoC-in-GitHub refreshed: the diff is the only safe signal - A new auto-update in PoC-in-GitHub is a visibility signal, not a vulnerability report. The commit timestamp is real; the security meaning depends on the diff.
- Privacy and rights signals: 4 short updates worth checking - 4 short source updates grouped into one practical GigaTap site note.