Complete static archive of GigaTap articles about VPN, privacy, OPSEC, and security.
- Vercel breach, Mythos bugs, and the security backlog crunch - Risky Business #834 links a Vercel incident, Mythos-found Firefox bugs, and NIST triage limits into one story: identity compromise stays easy, and vulnerability volume keeps rising.
- VoltAgent: a TypeScript agent stack, not just a toy wrapper - An open-source TypeScript platform for building AI agents, with observability and multi-agent tooling. What the repo says, who it is for, and what to verif
- apkeep hits 1.0.0 as Android app research gets steadier - EFF says apkeep has reached a stable 1.0.0 release, with new Play Store handling, more metadata support, and continued use in Android research workflows.
- Dirty Frag raises the cost of a Linux foothold - Microsoft says Dirty Frag is a Linux local privilege escalation issue that can turn limited access into root through kernel networking paths. Here is what
- EU Chat Control 1.0 Failed Over Safeguards, Not Just Politics - The EU’s interim ePrivacy derogation collapsed because lawmakers could not agree on surveillance limits, not because one side dismissed child safety.
- How to Use fingerprint-suite for Safer Browser Scraping - Learn how to generate realistic browser fingerprints with fingerprint-suite for Playwright and Puppeteer scraping.
- Hiddify App: a broad proxy client, not just another VPN app - Hiddify App is a multi-platform auto-proxy client built around a wide set of proxy protocols. Here is what it does, where it fits, and what to verify before use.
- Hiddify-Manager: a multi-user panel for proxy stack management - A public GitHub repo for a multi-user anti-filtering panel. Useful if you need to understand the project’s stated scope, the protocols it points to, and wh
- Play Integrity gets faster, stricter, and harder to spoof - Google is changing Play Integrity on Android 13+ to use more hardware-backed signals, reduce server-side signal collection, and tighten how strong integrit
- Play Integrity gets stronger without making recovery harder - Google is expanding Play Integrity with broader threat signals and new in-app remediation prompts, aiming to cut abuse while reducing friction for legitima
- SafeLine: a self-hosted WAF between your app and the internet - SafeLine is a Go project that presents itself as a self-hosted WAF and reverse proxy for web apps. Here is what that means, who should care, and what to ve
- x-ui-pro: broad proxy plumbing, not a single-purpose tool - x-ui-pro is a broad proxy stack, not a narrow tool. The public metadata points to an operator-focused project that ties together nginx reverse proxying, Xr
- Agentic coding needs curated dependencies, not blind pulls - Chainguard and Cursor are partnering to route AI-assisted projects toward verifiable, secure-by-default images and libraries instead of defaulting to publi
- AWS Maps ISO 42001 to Cloud Reality - AWS’s new ISO 42001 guide helps AI teams map governance controls to AWS services without confusing cloud support for compliance ownership.
- AWS WAF Makes AI Agent Traffic Measurable - AWS WAF’s AI Traffic Analysis dashboards turn mystery AI traffic into usable signals for policy, cost control, and endpoint strategy.
- CPS Reached OpenSSF Gold: the practices behind the badge - CPS says it achieved OpenSSF Best Practices Gold by enforcing review gates, deep CI testing, and security-in-pipeline controls—and by pushing org-wide chan
- Elementary-data’s bad release: quick triage for Python teams - Chainguard says its customers were not impacted, but anyone who pulled elementary-data 0.23.3 from PyPI (or a related Docker Hub image) should investigate
- Open Source Security as a Cost and Speed Advantage - Secure your open source supply chain to cut rework, lower incident costs, and help developers ship faster.
- OpenSSF’s April signal: make security artifacts operational - The April 2026 OpenSSF newsletter points to a clear shift: away from dead PDFs and one-time scans, toward runtime context, living SBOMs, and new AI-driven
- pwncat Practical Guide: Reverse Shell Handling, Enumeration, and Post-Exploitation - A hands-on guide to pwncat for stabilizing shells, enumerating hosts, and managing post-exploitation workflows.
- How to Use remnawave-api for Remnawave API Automation - A beginner-friendly guide to automating Remnawave tasks with Python, including setup, auth, and real-world API examples.
- When a Worm Hits npm, Scripts Become the Blast Radius - A reported npm worm targeting SAP-related packages shows why blocking install-time scripts and enforcing dependency controls can stop downstream fallout.
- ByeDPIManager on Windows: Run ByeDPI + ProxiFyre for App-Selective DPI Bypass - Beginner-friendly guide to install and use ByeDPIManager on Windows to run ByeDPI with ProxiFyre for per-app DPI bypass.
- Cloudflare’s Copy Fail Response: What Operators Should Infer - Cloudflare says it mitigated a critical Linux kernel priv-esc with zero customer impact; here’s what that does—and doesn’t—prove.