Tutorials

Betterleaks Just Launched as the Open Source Successor to Gitleaks — Here Is How to Set It Up Before Your Next Commit

Betterleaks, the official successor to the 26-million-download Gitleaks, just launched with BPE tokenization that achieves 98.6% recall versus 70.4% with entropy scanning. Here is a complete setup guide for pre-commit hooks, CI/CD pipelines, and custom CEL validation rules.

Mar 15, 2026 6 min read

Police Just Dismantled a 369,000-Device Botnet Hiding Inside Home Routers — Here Is How to Check If Yours Was One of Them

International law enforcement dismantled SocksEscort, a botnet that hijacked 369,000 home routers across 163 countries to route criminal traffic. Here is how to check if your router was compromised.

Mar 13, 2026 7 min read

How to Set Up Automatic Backups for Your Server: The Guide I Wish I Had Before I Lost Everything

After losing $14,000 worth of data to a failed migration, I built the backup system I should have had from day one. Here's the complete guide.

Mar 7, 2026 6 min read