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How to Scan Files Against a Malware Hash List in Python

Compare a file's SHA-256 hash against a known malware hash set and report whether it's clean or infected.

hashlib file-scanning security
Python
import hashlib
from pathlib import Path

# Mock file content (in real usage, read from disk)
MOCK_FILE_CONTENT = b"print('hello world')"

KNOWN_MALWARE_HASHES = {
    "8d969eef6ecad3c29a3a629280e686cf0c3f5d5a86aff3ca12020c923adc6c92",
    "5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8",
}

def sha25…
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Git + Python easy

Detect Merge Conflict Markers in a File with Python

Scan a file line by line to detect Git merge conflict markers (<<<<<<<, =======, >>>>>>>) and report their line numbers with context.

git merge-conflict file-scanning
Python
from pathlib import Path

def detect_merge_conflicts(file_path):
    conflicts = []
    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    
    for i, line in enumerate(lines, 1):
        if line.startswith('<<<<<<<'):
            conflict_marker = 'conflict start'
            conflicts.append((i, confl…
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Git + Python medium

Python Script to Rotate a Leaked API Key

A checklist-driven Python script that scans a codebase for a leaked API key, replaces it with a new one, and prints a step-by-step rotation checklist.

security secrets file-scanning
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Checklist for rotating a leaked API key across a codebase."""

import re
from pathlib import Path


CHECKLIST = [
    "Identify all files containing the leaked key",
    "Generate a new key with sufficient entropy",
    "Update the secret storage/CI environment variables",
    "Replace the ol…
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