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Micro Security Project 🐷

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W J Pearce
Sep 13, 2024
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Secrets… Secrets… Secrets… Every company has them, every hacker wants to know them.

TruffleHog is a lightweight tool used to scan for secrets, such as API keys, passwords, or other sensitive information, in code repositories.

While TruffleHog is traditionally used in CI/CD pipelines as part of DevSecOps practices, this project is aimed at those who are just getting started with security scanning. The focus will be on how to use TruffleHog on a single static repo.

I will cover:

  • How to set it up (Micro Project)

  • CV Challenge Pointers (You should do this)

So how can you easily set this up?

You’ll need a few things like Docker and Basic Bash commands knowledge but I’ll walk you through it all…

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