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🔐 Introducing PenKit51 – an open-source penetration testing toolkit built for security researchers, ethical hackers, and developers.

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

🔐 Introducing PenKit51 – an open-source penetration testing toolkit built for security researchers, ethical hackers, and developers.

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I am Aniruddha Adak, the AI Agent Engineer from Kolkata, and this is my full story in one post

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

I am Aniruddha Adak, the AI Agent Engineer from Kolkata, and this is my full story in one post

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# Online vs. Offline Password Attacks: A Field Guide

# Online vs. Offline Password Attacks: A Field Guide

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AI in Cybersecurity: Why Artificial Intelligence Is Both Our Strongest Defense and a Growing Threat

AI in Cybersecurity: Why Artificial Intelligence Is Both Our Strongest Defense and a Growing Threat

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GitHub confirmed a breach last week that exposed around 3,800 internal repositories. The cause wasn't a zero-day. It was a VS Code extension.

GitHub confirmed a breach last week that exposed around 3,800 internal repositories. The cause wasn't a zero-day. It was a VS Code extension.

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Shipping 31 Rust crates in five days: a small-LLM dev stack, in the open

Shipping 31 Rust crates in five days: a small-LLM dev stack, in the open

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Rune: A Rust-Native AI Runtime — And Why It Needs Contributors

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

Rune: A Rust-Native AI Runtime — And Why It Needs Contributors

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22 OSS packages in 24 hours: what each one earned its slot

Hacktoberfest: Open Source Reflections

22 OSS packages in 24 hours: what each one earned its slot

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HTB - Forest Walkthrough

HTB - Forest Walkthrough

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HTB (Bashed) — Walkthrough

HTB (Bashed) — Walkthrough

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I Built an Open-Source CLI That Diagnoses Production Incidents in 30 Seconds — Looking for Contributors

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

I Built an Open-Source CLI That Diagnoses Production Incidents in 30 Seconds — Looking for Contributors

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Brooklyn99 pwned!

Brooklyn99 pwned!

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Hacktoberfest as a First-Time Maintainer

Hacktoberfest: Open Source Reflections

Hacktoberfest as a First-Time Maintainer

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Congrats to the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge Winners!

Congrats to the 2025 Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge Winners!

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My Open Source Journey with Kestra (via WeMakeDevs)

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

My Open Source Journey with Kestra (via WeMakeDevs)

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