Complete static archive of GigaTap articles about VPN, privacy, OPSEC, and security.
- HexStrike AI: agents meet 150+ security tools - HexStrike AI is a Python MCP server that claims to connect AI agents to 150+ cybersecurity tools. The repo is worth watching, but the metadata alone does n
- InvisibleMan-XRayClient: What to Check Before Using It - A practical look at the public GitHub metadata for InvisibleMan-XRayClient, what problem it appears to solve, and what users should verify before trusting it.
- Microsoft’s security push for AI agents is getting concrete - A Microsoft Security Blog roundup highlights preview agent workflow controls, a GA Defender-for-Cloud and GitHub integration, and a Purview investigation d
- Paramount's Trump Deals Face a Shareholder Records Demand - Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders say Paramount should turn over records tied to reported Trump-friendly deals, editorial chang
- Prompt Injection, Real RCE: the agent-tool boundary is fragile - Microsoft details two fixed Semantic Kernel vulnerabilities showing how prompt injection can become host-level code execution when model-controlled tool pa
- Scanners-Box is a broad scanner collection, not a finished stack - A GitHub toolkit for security automation and scanner discovery, with broad coverage across analysis, pentesting, and vulnerability workflows.
- Supply Chain Attacks Expose the Real Test of Resiliency - Recent Trivy, axios, LiteLLM, and npm incidents show why cyber resiliency is an operating model: roles, rotation, pipeline trust, and exercises matter more
- Tails 7.7.2: emergency kernel fix that blocks easy privilege jumps - Tails 7.7.2 is an emergency release updating the Linux kernel to 6.12.85 to fix a critical privilege-escalation risk. The Tor Project warns a chained explo
- TanStack package breach shows the limits of trusted publishing - Socket says 84 TanStack npm artifacts were published in compromised form. The bigger lesson is structural: if attackers can run inside CI, OIDC and provena
- Tor Browser 16.0a6 alpha: updates in, but testing risk stays - Tor Browser 16.0a6 is out on the Alpha channel with Firefox security updates and dependency bumps. Tor Project reiterates: Alpha is for testing, not for at
- Upsonic and the hard part of building AI agents - A plain look at Upsonic, a Python agent framework that claims to build autonomous AI agents, and the checks readers should run before adopting it.
- 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